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n. Law The right and power to interpret and apply the law: courts having jurisdiction in this district.

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

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

n. The territorial range of authority or control.

n. the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law

n. the power or right to exercise authority

n. the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate

n. the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised

n. The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes.

n. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.

n. Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.

n. Judicial authority; the legal power of hearing and determining controversies or accusations; the right of exercising the functions of a judge or of a legal tribunal.

n. Controlling authority; the right of making and enforcing laws or regulations; the capacity of determining rules of action or use, and exacting penalties: as, the jurisdiction of a state over its subjects.

n. The domain within which power is exercised; specifically, the territory over which the authority of a state, court, or judge extends.

n. The function or capacity of judging or governing in general; the natural right to judge; inherent power of decision or control.

n. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

n. in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

""The sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Commonwealth extend to all places within the boundaries thereof, subject only to such rights of _concurrent jurisdiction_ as have been or may be granted over any places ceded by the Commonwealth to the United"

power    powerfulness   

authority    jurisdiction acts    original jurisdiction    contentious jurisdiction    plea to the jurisdiction    limited jurisdiction    delegated jurisdiction    proper jurisdiction    appellate jurisdiction    concurrent jurisdiction   

power   

addiction    affliction    benediction    constriction    contradiction    conviction    crucifixion    depiction    dereliction    diction   

sovereignty    prerogative    tribunal    supremacy    sanction    authority    jurisdictions    supervision    privilege    obligation