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Noun: jurisdiction  `jû-ris'dik-shun
  1. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
    "courts having jurisdiction in this district"
    - legal power
     
  2. In law; the territory within which power can be exercised

Derived forms: jurisdictions

See also: jurisdictional

Type of: district, dominion, power, powerfulness, territorial dominion, territory

Encyclopedia: Jurisdiction Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical

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