Associations to the word «Jurisdiction»
Noun
- Tribunal
- Tort
- Felony
- Urban
- Statute
- Oblast
- Writ
- Chancery
- Defendant
- Admiralty
- Court
- Plaintiff
- Subcommittee
- Territorial
- Galilee
- Judiciary
- Immunity
- Arising
- Enforcement
- Icc
- Archdiocese
- Offense
- Diocese
- Novgorod
- Magistrate
- Sovereignty
- Offence
- Appeal
- Rem
- Oversight
- Legality
- Clause
- Litigation
- Prosecution
- Arbitration
- Bishopric
- Exercise
- Patriarch
- Episcopal
- Exemption
- Dispute
- Ruling
- Injunction
- Regional
- Violation
- Legislation
- Exchequer
- Fief
Adjective
- Appellate
- Defendant
- Diocesan
- Ecclesiastical
- Statute
- Concurrent
- Judiciary
- Judicial
- Statutory
- Pursuant
- Consular
- Exclusive
- Criminal
- Vested
- Apostolic
- Exempt
- Ecumenical
- Federal
- Equitable
- Administrative
- Supreme
- Hereby
- Masonic
- Empowered
- Supervisory
- Applicable
- Competent
- Unlawful
- Sovereign
- Substantive
- Offshore
- Precedent
- Legal
- Penal
- Aforesaid
- Constitutional
- Unconstitutional
Wiktionary
JURISDICTION, noun. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
JURISDICTION, noun. The power or right to exercise authority.
JURISDICTION, noun. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
JURISDICTION, noun. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
Dictionary definition
JURISDICTION, noun. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district".
JURISDICTION, noun. In law; the territory within which power can be exercised.
Wise words
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principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.