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Jurisdiction :: Jurisdiction (a.) The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.

#NAME? :: -ric () A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority..

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

Exercisible :: Exercisible (a.) Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction..

Zamindari :: Zamindari (n.) The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.

Appearance :: Appearance (n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction..

Lordship :: Lordship (n.) Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch..

Bishopric :: Bishopric (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

Seneschalship :: Seneschalship (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal..

Thanage :: Thanage (n.) The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity..

Judicature :: Judicature (n.) The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.

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..

See :: See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome..

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..

Court :: Court (n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical..

-dom :: -dom () Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom..

Marque :: Marque (n.) A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals..

Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation..

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