Associations to the word «Jurisdiction»

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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and 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.
Noam Chomsky