1. A person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority. See synonyms at field.
2. The office or district of a bailiff.

[Middle English bailliwik : baillif, bailiff; see bailiff + wik, town (from Old English wīc , from Latin vīcus; see vicinity).]

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