bailiwick
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The Channel Islands are British Crown dependencies, which means that residents pledge their allegiance to the queen but mainly follow ordinances passed locally or by the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2015
Last week, for the first time since Robert's death, Ted Kennedy moved out of the seclusion of his Massachusetts and Washington bailiwicks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week in their home bailiwicks, Brazil's and Argentina's leaders had some explaining to do.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aubrey Williams' Farm Union friends threatened to go into Senatorial bailiwicks for a "total war of issues."
From Time Magazine Archive
But then the bailiwicks of Little Dean and Ruerdean are not included.
From Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean by Nicholls, H. G. (Henry George)
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