noun (n)

• the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction(noun.location)

  source: wordnet30
• a branch of knowledge(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field
  

  source: wordnet30
• The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.(noun)

  source: webster1913