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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jurisdictionaladjective

    restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction

    "the jurisdictional limits of a state"

Wiktionary

  1. jurisdictionaladjective

    of or pertaining to jurisdiction

Wikipedia

  1. jurisdictional

    Jurisdiction (from Latin juris 'law' + dictio 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels. Jurisdiction draws its substance from international law, conflict of laws, constitutional law, and the powers of the executive and legislative branches of government to allocate resources to best serve the needs of society.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jurisdictionaladjective

    of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights

  2. Etymology: [Cf. LL. jurisdictionalis, F. juridictionnel.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jurisdictional in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jurisdictional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of jurisdictional in a Sentence

  1. Dick Pound:

    There is an interesting constitutional, jurisdictional issue there, it would bring up the larger question of who is really running track and field, is it the IAAF or is it the IOC?

  2. Michael Burger:

    In an event a country is able to clear the jurisdictional and legal hurdles of a transnational lawsuit, this would provide one potential methodology for allocating damage or allocating responsibility in collecting damages, in actual litigation, the methodologies will be challenged, there will be competing views, there will be a battle of the experts, and every aspect of The Dartmouth College study will be tested.

  3. Tom Inglesby:

    Right now, we have a number of existing channels around that -- people can talk to their physicians and get testing and treatment through state or jurisdictional efforts -- but it was clear that many people don't have easy access to a health care provider, we've launched the test-to-treat initiative, which will allow people to be tested and seen by a health care provider and then get prescribed antiviral medications all in one place, which will make it much easier, much faster for people who need therapy the most to get on treatment quickly.

  4. Eric Schmitt:

    When we all come together, we can affect change and more effectively fight human trafficking, a crime that is often multi-jurisdictional in nature.

  5. Lori Lightfoot:

    We need gun trafficking multi-jurisdictional strike forces to disrupt the flow of illegal guns that are coming into our city, i and other mayors across the country have been beating this drum since day 1 of President Joe Biden for assistance presidency. ... My expectation is that those strike forces will be at work here shortly.

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