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ju·ris·dic·tion

(jo͝or′ĭs-dĭk′shən)

1. Law The right of a court to hear a particular case, based on the scope of its authority over the type of case and the parties to the case.

a. Authority or control: islands under US jurisdiction; a bureau with jurisdiction over Native American affairs.

b. The extent of authority or control: a family matter beyond the school's jurisdiction.

3. The territorial range of authority or control.

[Middle English jurisdiccioun, from Old French juridicion, from Latin iūrisdictiō, iūrisdictiōn- : iūris, genitive of iūs, law; see yewes- in Indo-European roots + dictiō, dictiōn-, declaration (from dictus, past participle of dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots).]

ju′ris·dic′tion·al adj.

ju′ris·dic′tion·al·ly adv.

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jurisdiction

(ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən)

1. (Law) the right or power to administer justice and to apply laws

2. (Law) the exercise or extent of such right or power

3. (Law) power or authority in general

[C13: from Latin jūrisdictiō administration of justice; see jus, diction]

ˌjurisˈdictional adj

ˌjurisˈdictionally adv

ˌjurisˈdictive adj

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ju•ris•dic•tion

(ˌdʒʊər ɪsˈdɪk ʃən)

n.

1. the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.

2. power; authority; control: to have military jurisdiction over the occupied territories.

3. the extent or range of judicial, law-enforcement, or other authority: a case under the jurisdiction of the local police.

4. the territory over which authority is exercised.

[1250–1300; Middle English jurediccioun < Old French juredicion < Latin jūris dictiō (see jus, diction)]

ju`ris•dic′tion•al, adj.

ju`ris•dic′tive, adj.

ju`ris•dic′tion•al•ly, adv.

jurisdiction

The right to apply the law, or the area in which someone has this right.

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Noun	1.	jurisdiction - (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district" legal power power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	jurisdiction - in law; the territory within which power can be exercised abbacy - the jurisdiction or office of an abbot archbishopric - the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop archdeaconry - the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon bailiwick - the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction caliphate - the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph bishopric, diocese, episcopate - the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes justiciary - the jurisdiction of a justiciar turf - range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system" parish - the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor patriarchate - the jurisdiction of a patriarch venue - in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held viceroyalty - a district or province governed by a viceroy

jurisdiction

noun

1. authority, say, power, control, rule, influence, command, sway, dominion, prerogative, mana (N.Z.) The British police have no jurisdiction over foreign bank accounts.

2. range, area, field, district, bounds, zone, province, circuit, scope, orbit, sphere, compass, dominion matters which lie within his own jurisdiction

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jurisdiction

noun

The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:

authority, command, control, domination, dominion, mastery, might, power, prerogative, sovereignty, sway.

Informal: say-so.

Translations

سُلْطَه قَضائِيَّه

jurisdikce

jurisdiktionmyndighedsområde

vald; valdasviî

autorit...giurisdizione

juridinė galiajurisdikcija

jurisdikcija, tiesība tiesāt

domsmyndighet jurisdiksjon

jurisdikcia

yargı hakkıyasal yetki

司法权

jurisdiction

[ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən] N → jurisdicción f
it falls or comes within our jurisdiction → entra dentro de nuestra jurisdicción, es de nuestra competencia
it falls or comes outside our jurisdiction → se sale de nuestra jurisdicción, no es de nuestra competencia

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jurisdiction

[ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃ^ən] n [court] → juridiction f
to have jurisdiction over sth (= authority) → être compétent(e) en matière de qch

jurisdiction

n → Gerichtsbarkeit f; (= range of authority) → Zuständigkeit (→ sbereich m) f; matters that fall outside the jurisdiction of this court → Fälle, für die dieses Gericht nicht zuständig ist; this court has no jurisdiction over him → er untersteht diesem Gericht nicht; that’s not within my jurisdiction → dafür bin ich nicht zuständig

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jurisdiction

[ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃ/ən] n (frm) → giurisdizione f
it falls or comes within/outside our jurisdiction → è/non è di nostra competenza

jurisdiction

(dʒuərisˈdikʃən) noun

legal power; authority.

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The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;--between a State and Citizens of another State;--between Citizens of different States; --between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

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He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended legislation:

We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.

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Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.

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Reader, I think proper, before we proceed any farther together, to acquaint thee that I intend to digress, through this whole history, as often as I see occasion, of which I am myself a better judge than any pitiful critic whatever; and here I must desire all those critics to mind their own business, and not to intermeddle with affairs or works which no ways concern them; for till they produce the authority by which they are constituted judges, I shall not plead to their jurisdiction.

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The first that he came upon was the pummelled Don Quixote, who lay stretched senseless on his back upon his broken-down bed, and, his hand falling on the beard as he felt about, he continued to cry, "Help for the Jurisdiction!" but perceiving that he whom he had laid hold of did not move or stir, he concluded that he was dead and that those in the room were his murderers, and with this suspicion he raised his voice still higher, calling out, "Shut the inn gate; see that no one goes out; they have killed a man here!" This cry startled them all, and each dropped the contest at the point at which the voice reached him.

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The Amphictyons were the guardians of religion, and of the immense riches belonging to the temple of Delphos, where they had the right of jurisdiction in controversies between the inhabitants and those who came to consult the oracle.

The cities composing this league retained their municipal jurisdiction, appointed their own officers, and enjoyed a perfect equality.

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I had the feeling that the world was left behind, that we had got over the edge of it, and were outside man's jurisdiction. I had never before looked up at the sky when there was not a familiar mountain ridge against it.