jurisdiction

Definitions

1. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
   countable, uncountable
2. The power or right to exercise authority.
   countable, uncountable
3. The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
   countable, uncountable
4. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
   countable, uncountable
5. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

28 more languages

العربيةاختصاصالسلطة القضائيةحكمحكومةسلطةصلاحيةقضاءمدينة+ 5 more

Българскиправосъ́диеюрисдикция

Bosanskijurisdikcijanadležnostјурисдикцијанадлежност+ 1 more

Danskjurisdiktion

Ελληνικάαρμοδιότηταδικαιοδοσία

Suomihallintoaluelainkäyttölainkäyttövaltaoikeuspaikkaratkaisuvaltatoimipiiritoimivaltatuomiovalta+ 5 more

Gaeilgeúdarásurlámhas

Galegocoutoforoxurisdición

עבריתשיפוט

हिन्दीअधिकारिताइख़्तियारइजाज़तक्षेत्राधिकारनियंत्रण+ 2 more

Hrvatskijurisdikcijanadležnostјурисдикцијанадлежност+ 1 more

Bahasa Indonesiakewenanganperadilanwewenangyurisdiksi+ 1 more

Italianogiurisdizione

日本語所管権限法域管内管区管轄裁判権領+ 5 more

ქართულიიურისდიქცია

한국어관할권한사법재판권+ 1 more

Latinaarbitratusdicioiurisdictiopotestas+ 1 more

Македонскијурисдикција

Polskijurysdykcjajurysdykcyjnyresort

Portuguêscompetênciajurisdição

Românăjurisdicție

Русскийюрисдикция

Српскиjurisdikcijanadležnostјурисдикцијанадлежност+ 1 more

Svenskadomsrättjurisdiktion

ไทยสังกัด

Українськаюрисдикція

O'zbekchayurisdiksiya

Tiếng Việtquyền hạn

Examples

“legal jurisdiction”

“The case falls outside the court’s jurisdiction.”

“outside the jurisdiction of”

“Police officers have⟳ no jurisdiction in that district.”

“The Fife County Council, and other objectors, were successful in July [1950] in obtaining an interim interdict against this decision, but the Court of Session withdrew the interdict in January, and it was then stated that a civil court had no jurisdiction in the matter⟳.”

“The Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal held that it was without jurisdiction to extend⟳ the statutorily established one-year time limit⟳ for a complainant to apply⟳ to rescind or amend a decision.”

“Thus fell that glorious Minion of Edward the Second, who for a time appeared liked [sic.] a blazing Comet, and sway'd the jurisdiction of the state of England, and her Confederates.”

“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve⟳ of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make⟳ it easy for all sorts of firms to generate⟳[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate⟳ the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.”

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