A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Bailiwick
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The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction;
the limits of a bailiffs authority.
Bailiwick meaning & definition 1 of Bailiwick.
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the area that a person or an organization is interested in, is responsible for, or controls:
Bailiwick meaning & definition 2 of Bailiwick.
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Ones sphere of operations or particular area of interest.
Bailiwick meaning & definition 3 of Bailiwick.
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[A persons] area skill, knowledge, [authority], [ect].
Bailiwick meaning & definition 4 of Bailiwick.
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A [euphemism] for [a farm] [girls] private area.
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A [messed up] [person]...
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a branch of knowledge
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the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
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the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
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A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriffs functions under a royal or imperial writ.
In English the original French bailie combined with -wic, the Anglo-Saxon suffix (meaning a village) to produce a term meaning literally bailiffs village—the original geographic scope of a bailiwick. In the 19th century, it was absorbed into American English as a metaphor for a sphere of knowledge or activity.
The term survives in administrative usage in the British Crown dependencies of the Channel Islands, which are grouped for administrative purposes into two bailiwicks — Jersey (comprising the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Minquiers and Écréhous) and Guernsey (comprising the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou and Lihou). A Bailiff heads each Channel Island bailiwick.
A bailiwick (German: “Ballei”) was also the territorial division of the Teutonic Order. Here, various “Komtur(en)” formed a Ballei province.
The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of authority, experience, activity, study, or interest.Bailiwick meaning & definition 10 of Bailiwick.
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The place of the jurisdiction of a bailiff within his hundred, or the lord’s franchise. It is that liberty which is exempted from the sheriff of the county, over which the lord of the liberty appointeth a bailiff. John Cowell
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