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jurisdiction

noun
/d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/US/d͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/UK

Etymology

From Latin iūrisdictiō.

  1. borrowed from iūrisdictiō

Definitions

  1. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

    • legal jurisdiction
    • The case falls outside the court’s jurisdiction.

  2. The power or right to exercise authority.

    • outside the jurisdiction of

  3. The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.

    • Police officers have no jurisdiction in that district.
    • 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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.

      • 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.

    2. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

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Derived

agreement conferring jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction, diversity jurisdiction, federal question jurisdiction, interjurisdiction, interjurisdictional, interjurisdictionally, jurisdictional, jurisdictionally, jurisdiction clause, jurisdictionless, jurisdiction shopping, jurisdictive, multijurisdiction, multijurisdictional, original jurisdiction, pendent jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, secrecy jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, summary jurisdiction, supplemental jurisdiction, universal jurisdiction, voluntary jurisdiction

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at jurisdiction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at jurisdiction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at jurisdiction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA