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Fuero :: Fuero (n.) The jurisdiction of a tribunal.

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..

Officialty :: Officialty (n.) The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official..

Jurisdictional :: Jurisdictional (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.

Empire :: Empire (n.) The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire..

Waywodeship :: Waywodeship (n.) The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode..

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..

Patriarchdom :: Patriarchdom (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.

Diocese :: Diocese (n.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote..

Tetrarchy :: Tetrarchy (n.) The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.

Wardenship :: Wardenship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a warden.

Inspectorship :: Inspectorship (n.) The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.

Leetman :: Leetman (n.) One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.

Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts..

Starched :: Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641..

Accroach :: Accroach (v. t.) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives..

Decree :: Decree (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils..

Viscountcy :: Viscountcy (n.) The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.

Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

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