jurisdictive

adj

Etymology

From jurisdict(ion) + -ive, on analogy of administration, administrative, and the like. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that adjectives in -ive are properly formed on verbs and that there is no Latin *jūrisdīcere.

  1. borrowed from iūrisdictiō
  2. suffixed as jurisdictive — “jurisdiction + ive

Definitions

  1. jurisdictional

    • to ecclesiastical censure no jurisdictive power can be added, without a childish and dangerous oversight in policy

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