jurisdiction

Definition:
1. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law.
2. In law; the territory within which power can be exercised.

Use 'jurisdiction' in a sentence:

1. The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country.
2. Others are concerned about issues of law enforcement and jurisdiction.
3. Hawaii is home to 84 percent of all coral under American jurisdiction.
4. A school is a principal's jurisdiction.
5. Article 34 The following cases shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the people's courts herein specified:
6. Rules differ, too, on what constitutes residency in a particular jurisdiction.
7. It was beyond the jurisdiction of Zimbabwean laws.
8. The power to hear cases is called jurisdiction.
9. It is a principle of first importance that federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.
10. It hardly falls within the area under the police station's jurisdiction.
11. Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case.
12. American judges ruled three times that they had no jurisdiction over the matter.
13. When the richer party has assets in that jurisdiction, a fair fight is possible.
14. It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.
15. For enterprises and institutions under the jurisdiction of a people's government at or below the city or county level, such decision shall be made by the people's government of the city or county.
16. This case comes under the jurisdiction of a lower court.
17. They appeared in court not to raise defences, but to challenge the court jurisdiction.
18. That's outside my jurisdiction.
19. Colombia does not recognise Ecuadorean jurisdiction in the case.
20. Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies, such as administrative agencies.
21. This court has no jurisdiction over the property in america.
22. The British police have no jurisdiction over foreign bank accounts.
23. Some people have suggested expanding the Capitol Police's size and jurisdiction.
24. Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.
25. So when the premiers gather in Niagara Falls to assemble their usual complaint list, they should also get cracking about something in their jurisdiction that would help their budgets and patients.
26. The Mutual Relation between Jurisdiction and Administrative Power on Security Industry Supervision.
27. The legal source of the privilege waries from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
28. This matter comes within his jurisdiction.
29. In most jurisdictions, twelve jurors and two alternates are chosen.
30. Okinawa is a Prefecture or sub national jurisdiction of Japan.
31. Today, prescriptive jurisdiction ( capacity to make law) can be based on nationality and exercised extra-territorially.
32. Tripoli was part of the jurisdiction of the military province of Damascus.
33. Simmons: I’m ordering you under S-Seven executive jurisdiction.
34. To start a civil suit the plaintiff first picks the proper court, one that has jurisdiction in the case.
35. Some European jurisdictions are debating legislation to hold platforms more accountable for the spread of such material.
36. Jurisdiction independence is one important part of republic polity.
37. Article 205 The debt repayment of a bankrupt legal person enterprise shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the legal person enterprise is located.
38. In another jurisdiction, the assets could have stayed hidden.
39. This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.
40. The jurisdiction by level system and the district jurisdiction system shall not apply in arbitration.
41. This city has jurisdiction over ten counties.
42. Allegation of jurisdiction.
43. Article 19 The intermediate people's courts shall have jurisdiction as courts of first instance over the following civil cases:
44. The choice of jurisdiction of a court by agreement shall not violate the provisions of exclusive jurisdiction under the law.
45. As the killings took place outside British jurisdiction, the Ministry of Defence could not be held liable.
46. This case falls outside my jurisdiction.
47. These islands have always been under Chinese jurisdiction. This is known to all.
48. You may designate the jurisdiction of your license.