Definitions for jurisdictionˌdʒʊər ɪsˈdɪk ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ju•ris•dic•tionˌdʒʊər 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.

Origin of jurisdiction:

1250–1300; ME jurediccioun < OF juredicion < L jūris dictiō (see jus , diction )

ju`ris•dic′tion•al•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. legal power, jurisdiction(noun)

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

    "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

  2. jurisdiction(noun)

    in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. jurisdiction(noun)ˌdʒʊər ɪsˈdɪk ʃən

    the area over which an official has authority

    within the jurisdiction of the state police

Wiktionary

  1. jurisdiction(Noun)

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

  2. jurisdiction(Noun)

    the power or right to exercise authority

  3. jurisdiction(Noun)

    the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate

  4. jurisdiction(Noun)

    the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jurisdiction(adj)

    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; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission

  2. Jurisdiction(adj)

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

  3. Jurisdiction(adj)

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


Translations for jurisdiction

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jurisdiction(noun)

legal power; authority.

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