Synonym: legal power. Similar words: prediction, dictionary order, fiction, conviction, restriction, medication, indication, action. Meaning: [ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃ(ə)n] 
n. 1. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law 2. in law; the territory within which power can be exercised.
n. 1. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law 2. in law; the territory within which power can be exercised. 
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1 The commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to decide.
2 The court has no jurisdiction in/over cases of this kind.
3 This case comes under the jurisdiction of a lower court.
4 The senate committees have exclusive jurisdiction over the FBI.
5 The offshore government claims jurisdiction over the mainland.
6 The court has no jurisdiction in this case.
7 These matters do not fall within our jurisdiction.
8 This case falls squarely within the committee's jurisdiction.
9 School admissions are not under/within our jurisdiction.
10 She acted beyond the jurisdiction of any teacher.
11 The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures.
12 This case falls outside my jurisdiction.
13 The territory is still under Russian jurisdiction.
14 The court may exercise its jurisdiction to compel the husband to make a settlement upon his wife.
15 The matter is outside the jurisdiction of UK administrative agencies.
16 The British police have no jurisdiction over foreign bank accounts.
17 As the killings took place outside British jurisdiction,(www.Sentencedict.com) the Ministry of Defence could not be held liable.
18 An industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide whether an employee was fairly or unfairly dismissed.
19 The Court of Appeal exercised its jurisdiction to order a review of the case.
20 The matter was not within the jurisdiction of the court.
21 The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country.
22 He is subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
23 A coherent theory of jurisdiction is produced.
24 The relevant county court jurisdiction is now unlimited.
25 Calais arose over jurisdiction, but returned before his death from an intestinal disease.
26 The courts ought, therefore, simply to decline jurisdiction in such matters.
27 The expert's jurisdiction to make a determination depends on the definition of the issue between the parties.
28 The village you speak of does not fall under my jurisdiction.
29 The Act of 1868 does not except from that jurisdiction any cases but appeals from circuit courts under the Act of 1867.
30 Thus the headman had a veto over criminal prosecutions for the petty offences over which village tribunals had exclusive jurisdiction.
More similar words: prediction, dictionary order, fiction, conviction, restriction, medication, indication, action, auction, section, function, reduction, election, sanction, reaction, fraction, objection, selection, infection, production, inspection, reflection, and function, collection, connection, functional, take action, projection, distinction, protection.