Area of authority, interest or skill; as,
Quantum mechanics was his bailiwick.
English bailiff (deputy sheriff) and wick(village).

Bail"i*wick (?), n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.] Law

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

 

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