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Definition of jurisdiction
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of jurisdiction is as below...
"Jurisdiction
(a.) 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..
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Inspectorship
::
Inspectorship
(n.) The
district
embraced
by an
inspector's
jurisdiction.
Bailiwick
::
Bailiwick
(n.) The
precincts
within
which a
bailiff
has
jurisdiction;
the
limits
of a
bailiff's
authority.
Regency
::
Regency
(a.)
Especially,
the
office,
jurisdiction,
or
dominion
of a
regent
or
vicarious
ruler,
or of a body of
regents;
deputed
or
vicarious
government..
King''s Bench
::
King's
Bench ()
Formerly,
the
highest
court of
common
law in
England;
-- so
called
because
the king used to sit there in
person.
It
consisted
of a chief
justice
and four
puisne,
or
junior,
justices.
During
the reign of a queen it was
called
the
Queen's
Bench.
Its
jurisdiction
was
transferred
by the
judicature
acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of
justice
created
by that
legislation..
Margraviate
::
Margraviate
(n.) The
territory
or
jurisdiction
of a
margrave.
Presbytery
::
Presbytery
(n.) A
judicatory
consisting
of all the
ministers
within
a
certain
district,
and one
layman,
who is a
ruling
elder,
from each
parish
or
church,
commissioned
to
represent
the
church
in
conjunction
with the
pastor.
This body has a
general
jurisdiction
over the
churches
under its care, and next below the
provincial
synod in
authority..
Proconsulate
::
Proconsulate
(n.) The
office
jurisdiction
of a
proconsul,
or the term of his
office..
Jurisdiction
::
"Jurisdiction
(a.) 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..
Below
::
Below
(adv.)
In court or
tribunal
of
inferior
jurisdiction;
as, at the trial
below..
Provincial
::
Provincial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to an
ecclesiastical
province,
or to the
jurisdiction
of an
archbishop;
not
ecumenical;
as, a
provincial
synod..
Principality
::
Principality
(n.) The
territory
or
jurisdiction
of a
prince;
or the
country
which gives title to a
prince;
as, the
principality
of
Wales..
Chancellor
::
Chancellor
(n.) A
judicial
court of
chancery,
which in
England
and in the
United
States
is
distinctively
a court with
equity
jurisdiction..
Court-baron
::
Court-baron
(n.) An
inferior
court of civil
jurisdiction,
attached
to a
manor,
and held by the
steward;
a
baron's
court;
-- now
fallen
into
disuse..
Soc
::
Soc (n.) The
lord's
power or
privilege
of
holding
a court in a
district,
as in manor or
lordship;
jurisdiction
of
causes,
and the
limits
of that
jurisdiction..
Riding
::
Riding
(n.) One of the three
jurisdictions
into which the
county
of York, in
England,
is
divided;
--
formerly
under the
government
of a
reeve.
They are
called
the
North,
the East, and the West,
Riding..
Borough
::
Borough
(n.) In
England,
an
incorporated
town that is not a city; also, a town that sends
members
to
parliament;
in
Scotland,
a body
corporate,
consisting
of the
inhabitants
of a
certain
district,
erected
by the
sovereign,
with a
certain
jurisdiction;
in
America,
an
incorporated
town or
village,
as in
Pennsylvania
and
Connecticut..
Verge
::
Verge (n.) The
compass
of the court of
Marshalsea
and the
Palace
court,
within
which the lord
steward
and the
marshal
of the
king's
household
had
special
jurisdiction;
-- so
called
from the
verge,
or
staff,
which the
marshal
bore..
Shrievalty
::
Shrievalty
(n.) The
office,
or
sphere
of
jurisdiction,
of a
sheriff;
sheriffalty..
Wardenship
::
Wardenship
(n.) The
office
or
jurisdiction
of a
warden.
Papal
::
Papal (a.) Of or
pertaining
to the pope of Rome;
proceeding
from the pope;
ordered
or
pronounced
by the pope; as, papal
jurisdiction;
a papal
edict;
the papal
benediction..
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