Jurisdiction Meaning
/d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
nounThe power or right to exercise authority.
Sentence Examples
This case is outside my jurisdiction.
This escapes my jurisdiction.
The English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The court has ____ over all criminal cases in this county.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local police do not have ____ in this case because it involves a federal crime that was committed.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Latin iūrisdictiōbor. English jurisdiction Borrowed from Latin iūrisdictiō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1951 April, “Notes and News: North Fife Line, Scotland”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:
"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."
— 2020 July 23, N. Rosenberg, “Nemish v. King, Walker and Union of National Employees (Public Service Alliance of Canada), 2020 FPSLREB 76”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 21 Sep 2020:
"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."
— c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 12:
"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."
— 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The court has ____ over all criminal cases in this county.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local police do not have ____ in this case because it involves a federal crime that was committed.