What is Bailiwick?
A '''bailiwick''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|eɪ|l|ɪ|w|ɪ|k}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Definition of Bailiwick |url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/bailiwick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528221259/https://www.lexico.com/definition/bailiwick |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |access-date=2021-01-16 |website=Lexico.com |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en}}</ref> is the area where a [[bailiff]] is in charge. It used to also mean territories where an appointed bailiff did what a [[sheriff]] usually does. The bailiff did that under a royal or imperial [[writ]]. ==List of Bailiwicks== * [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]] * [[Bailiwick of Jersey]] * [[Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)|Bailiwick of Brandenburg]] * [[Bailiwick of Franconia]] * [[Bailiwick of Koblenz]] * [[High-Bailiwick of Stade|Bailiwick of Stade]] * [[Bailiwick of Utrecht]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Forms of government]] {{stub}}