Jurisdiction

Noun

 * 1) the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
 * 2) the power or right to exercise authority
 * 3) the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
 * 4) the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
 * 5) the power of the court to make a decision
 * To make a decision, a court must have jurisdiction over both the people in the case and the issues being decided in the case.

Adjectives for Jurisdiction
reciprocal; exclusive; consular; provisional; military; constitutional; doubtful; competent; ecclesiastical; conflicting (pi).

Verbs for Jurisdiction
abolish—; arrive within—; assume—; demand—; exempt from—; exercise—; extend —; free from—; include in—; infringe on —; invade—; limit—; relax—; resent—; subject to—; submit to—; vest—in; —embodies ; —empowers; —extends.

Thesaurus
accountability, acme, actionability, administration, agency, agentship, ambit, applicability, area, arena, ascendancy, assignment, auspices, authority, authorization, bailiwick, be-all and end-all, beat, blue ribbon, border, borderland, bossing, bounds, brevet, care, championship, charge, circle, circuit, claws, clutches, command, commission, commissioning, commitment, compass, confines, consignment, constitutional validity, constitutionalism, constitutionality, control, cure, custodianship, custody, delegated authority, delegation, demesne, department, deputation, devolution, devolvement, directorship, disposition, district, domain, domination, dominion, due process, effectiveness, embassy, empery, empire, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, executorship, exequatur, eye, factorship, field, first place, first prize, full power, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, guardianship, guidance, hand, hands, headship, hegemony, height, helm, hemisphere, highest, hold, imperium, influence, intendance, iron hand, judicial circuit, justice, justiciability, keeping, kingship, lawfulness, leadership, legal form, legal process, legalism, legality, legation, legitimacy, legitimateness, license, licitness, lieutenancy, limits, lordship, management, mandate, march, mastership, mastery, maximum, might, ministry, mission, most, ne plus ultra, new high, office, orb, orbit, oversight, pale, palms, paramountcy, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, plenipotentiary power, power, power of attorney, power to act, precinct, prerogative, presidency, primacy, procuration, protectorship, province, proxy, purview, raj, range, reach, realm, record, regency, regentship, regnancy, reign, reins of government, responsibility, rightfulness, round, rule, safe hands, say, scope, sovereignty, sphere, sphere of influence, stewardship, strings, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, surveillance, sway, talons, task, territory, top spot, trust, trusteeship, tutelage, validity, vicarious authority, walk, ward, wardenship, wardship, warrant, watch and ward, wing, zenith

Translations

 * Finnish: lainkäyttövalta, toimivalta
 * Galician: jurisdición


 * Indonesian: wewenang
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 * Arabic: الاختصاص
 * Galician: jurisdición
 * Indonesian: wewenang


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 * Finnish: hallintoalue
 * Galician: jurisdición


 * Indonesian: kewenangan
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Synonyms

 * power