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Sovereign :: Sovereign (a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion..

Exterritorial :: Exterritorial (a.) Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction..

Margraviate :: Margraviate (n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.

Autocephalous :: Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches..

Thanedom :: Thanedom (n.) The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies..

Paramount :: Paramount (a.) Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty..

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

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..

Chapellany :: Chapellany (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

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

Jurisdiction :: "Jurisdiction (a.) Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority..

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

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

Polemarch :: Polemarch (n.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer..

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary..

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

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

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..

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

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