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.
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31 All marriages came under civil jurisdiction and all, including Roman Catholics, had the right to a civil divorce.
32 Accordingly, in my judgment, her claim falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor, subject always to judicial review.
33 They argue that there are international tribunals whose jurisdiction is to resolve the ownership of confiscated property.
34 The House Committee continued to exercise its jurisdiction over a wide variety of day-to-day matters at the institution.
35 Finally there are federal judges, who have a general and overriding authority over the other levels of jurisdiction.
36 Its extraordinary jurisdiction in civil matters was compared with the extraordinary jurisdiction of the now defunct Star Chamber in criminal matters.
37 The existence of competing bodies claiming to exercise jurisdiction in the town inevitably provoked violent confrontation.
38 The unfair dismissal jurisdiction accounts for about three-quarters of the business of the tribunals.
39 The king's patronage as well as his jurisdiction were advanced and defended by prohibitions.
40 Each water authority has its own form of organization, administrative control, and territorial jurisdiction.
41 He agreed that the courts could intervene if the question was whether or not the Commission had acted within its powers or its jurisdiction.
42 Administrators in school district central offices manage public schools under their jurisdiction.
43 Nine state departments or agencies had jurisdiction over at least one of the 70 programs.
44 Martial rule can never exist where the courts are open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction.
45 The resulting verdicts amounted, once again, to a demand for the abolition of the Forest jurisdiction outside the king's demesnes.
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46 Because fraternities are privately owned and run, they are for the most part beyond the jurisdiction of academic institutions.
47 The functions of the judge were curtailed and his quasi-criminal jurisdiction transferred to a criminal court.
48 Congress could explicitly establish such authority, or it could award jurisdiction over tobacco to another agency.
49 In exercising its norm control jurisdiction the Court acts as a restraint on the possibilities of abuse inherent in the legislative process.
50 In December 1936 a decree was issued which made all volunteer forces subject to military jurisdiction.
51 The forms require information to be provided which will establish that the court has jurisdiction.
52 Therefore he held that the court had no jurisdiction to review the decision of the county court judge for error of law.
53 Initially only the High Court had jurisdiction to award provisional damages.
54 The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the state courts in constitutional matters. 6.
55 Calais arose over jurisdiction, but returned before his death fi-om an intestinal disease.
56 They exercised territorial jurisdiction over areas often inhabited by tens of thousands of people.
57 And the state Department of Public Safety has little jurisdiction to keep the diesels ensconced within their border habitat.
58 Lord Reid stated that jurisdiction in a narrow sense meant only that the tribunal be entitled to enter upon the inquiry.
59 Descended from the Carolingian counts and vicomtes, they possessed and exercised very ancient rights of jurisdiction over their lordships.
60 In the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries this jurisdiction was abandoned by the Chancellor and passed to the Court of Star Chamber.
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