What's the difference between bailiwick and turfdom?

Bailiwick


Definition:

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

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His rich vocabulary , including such rarely used words as "bailiwick", "condign", "propinquity" and "occlude", lifted the tone of the long sessions before Lord Justice Leveson.
  • (2) They were understandably wary of this provision given that housing decisions ought primarily to be the bailiwick of parliament and not the courts.

Turfdom


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