jurisdiction
[joo r-is-dik-shuh n]
- the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- power; authority; control: He has jurisdiction over all American soldiers in the area.
- the extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority: This case comes under the jurisdiction of the local police.
- the territory over which authority is exercised: All islands to the northwest are his jurisdiction.
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Origin of jurisdiction
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Contemporary Examples
The Charlottesville Police did indeed have jurisdiction over the Phi Kappa Psi house.
APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION: This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
You are in the jurisdiction of the starostie, and I am grand officer of the crown, and grand cordon of the White Eagle.
The department has no jurisdiction over atomic energy secrets.
While she ruled that she did not have jurisdiction to stop the force feeding, she urged the president to end the practice.
Historical Examples
This was a civil court with power, of jurisdiction over felonies.
The Little Manx Nation - 1891Hall Caine
Had a judgment, liable to the same objections, been rendered for property, none would question the jurisdiction of this Court.
Prue and Idalene and Bertha he would have sentenced to deportation if he had had the jurisdiction.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
The person to whom my suspicions refer, is beyond your jurisdiction, Mr. Arnold.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
And once he got that crowd back into his jurisdiction, there'd be no further problems.
The Best Made PlansEverett B. Cole
jurisdiction
- the right or power to administer justice and to apply laws
- the exercise or extent of such right or power
- power or authority in general
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Word Origin
C13: from Latin jūrisdictiō administration of justice; see jus, diction
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Word Origin and History for jurisdiction
n.
early 14c. "administration of justice" (attested from mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French juridiccion (13c.) and directly from Latin iurisdictionem (nominative iurisdictio) "administration of justice, jurisdiction," from ius (genitive iuris; see jurist) "right, law" + dictio "a saying" (see diction). Meaning "extent or range of administrative power" is from late 14c. Related: Jurisdictional.
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