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But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.
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Meaning of "jurisdiction" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JURISDICTION

From Latin jūrisdictiō administration of justice.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JURISDICTION

jurisdiction  [ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JURISDICTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jurisdiction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JURISDICTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility. The term is also used to denote the geographical area or subject-matter to which such authority applies. Areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels. Jurisdiction draws its substance from public international law, conflict of laws, constitutional law and the powers of the executive and legislative branches of government to allocate resources to best serve the needs of its native society.

Definition of jurisdiction in the English dictionary

The first definition of jurisdiction in the dictionary is the right or power to administer justice and to apply laws. Other definition of jurisdiction is the exercise or extent of such right or power. Jurisdiction is also power or authority in general.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JURISDICTION


addiction
əˈdɪkʃən
affliction
əˈflɪkʃən
benediction
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪkʃən
contradiction
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
conviction
kənˈvɪkʃən
crucifixion
ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən
depiction
dɪˈpɪkʃən
diction
ˈdɪkʃən
eviction
ɪˈvɪkʃən
fiction
ˈfɪkʃən
friction
ˈfrɪkʃən
indiction
ɪnˈdɪkʃən
interdiction
ˌɪntəˈdɪkʃən
malediction
ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən
nonfiction
ˌnɒnˈfɪkʃən
prediction
prɪˈdɪkʃən
restriction
rɪˈstrɪkʃən
retrodiction
ˌrɛtrəˈdɪkʃən
self-contradiction
ˌsɛlfˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
valediction
ˌvælɪˈdɪkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JURISDICTION

jure
jurel
juridic
juridical
juridical days
juridically
juries
jurisconsult
jurisdictional
jurisdictionally
jurisdictive
jurisprudence
jurisprudent
jurisprudential
jurisprudentially
jurist
juristic
juristic act
juristical
juristically

WORDS THAT END LIKE JURISDICTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of jurisdiction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JURISDICTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «jurisdiction» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of jurisdiction

Translation of «jurisdiction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JURISDICTION

Find out the translation of jurisdiction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jurisdiction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jurisdiction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

司法权
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jurisdicción
570 millions of speakers

English

jurisdiction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिकार क्षेत्र
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الاختصاص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

юрисдикция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jurisdição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিক্ষেত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

juridiction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bidang kuasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zuständigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

裁判権
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관할권
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Yurisdiksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thẩm quyền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிகார
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधिकारक्षेत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yargı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giurisdizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jurysdykcja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

юрисдикція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jurisdicție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δικαιοδοσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jurisdiksie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jurisdiktion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jurisdiksjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jurisdiction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JURISDICTION»

The term «jurisdiction» is very widely used and occupies the 13.353 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JURISDICTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jurisdiction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jurisdiction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jurisdiction

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10 QUOTES WITH «JURISDICTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jurisdiction.
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Tom Allen
The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.
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Preston Brooks
They had no right, as it seems to me, to prosecute me in these Halls; nor have you the right in law or under the Constitution, as I respectfully submit, to take jurisdiction over offenses committed against them.
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John Sherman Cooper
I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas.
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Horace Gray
Every citizen or subject of another country, while domiciled here, is within the allegiance and the protection, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction, of the United States.
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Jeane Kirkpatrick
The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.
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Mario Monti
Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on the nationality of the companies. This is exactly what the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Justice Department and the FTC, do.
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Richard Perle
But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.
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Phyllis Schlafly
Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Cliff Stearns
But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.
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Felix de Weldon
Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JURISDICTION»

Discover the use of jurisdiction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jurisdiction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Universal Jurisdiction in Modern International Law: ...
This study is based on the following questions: Which Jurisdiction can and should be exercised for the prosecution of individuals responsible for gross and serious violations of human rights?
Mitsue Inazumi, 2005
2
Jurisdiction
Providing an original, and historically grounded, elaboration of the key themes of jurisdiction, this book offers students and scholars of law a way of thinking about the contemporary world as much in terms of law's technologies, techniques ...
Shaunnagh Dorsett, Shaun McVeigh, 2012
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Universal Jurisdiction: National Courts and the Prosecution ...
Universal jurisdiction is becoming a potent instrument of international law, but it is poorly understood by legal experts and remains a mystery to most public officials and citizens.
Stephen Macedo, 2006
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Asserting Jurisdiction: International and European Legal ...
The essays in this collection explore the various ways in which a number of key European and International legal institutions attempt to define the boundaries of jurisdictional competence.
Patrick Capps, Malcolm David Evans, Stratos V. Konstadinidis, 2003
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Jurisdiction
The book is broad and thorough enough to be the primary or sole text for a variety of Internet-related courses, while deep enough to bring students through the important nuances of such doctrinal topics as copyright, privacy and ...
Jonathan L. Zittrain, 2005
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Jurisdiction and the Internet: Regulatory Competence over ...
This 2007 book offers some uncomfortable insights into one of the most important debates on Internet governance.
Uta Kohl, 2007
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Coastal State Jurisdiction Over Vessel-source Pollution:
The wide range of issues brought forward in this book illustrates the extremely complex, but equally fascinating character of coastal State jurisdiction over vessel-source pollution.
Erik Jaap Molenaar, 1998
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Internet Jurisdiction and Choice of Law: Legal Practices in ...
This comparison of the rules of internet jurisdiction and choice of law as well as online dispute resolution (ODR) covers both B2B and B2C contracts in the EU, USA and China.
Faye Fangfei Wang, 2010
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Jurisdiction in International Law
Public international law approaches to jurisdiction -- The territoriality principle -- The principles of extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction -- A reasonable exercise of jurisdiction -- A new theory of jurisdiction in international law
Cedric Ryngaert, 2008
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Jurisdiction of International Tribunals
(3) Who may refer.
Chittharanjan Félix Amerasinghe, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JURISDICTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jurisdiction is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Right Response to Obergefell: Jurisdiction Stripping | Ricochet
Hodges; namely, jurisdiction-stripping legislation. The proposal generated a fair amount of interest among the Ricochetti, and now I have ... «Ricochet.com, Jul 15»
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Family court must decide jurisdiction before deciding on divorce: HC …
Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has stated should such a question be raised, the family court must first address the issue of jurisdiction ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
The Shorter Arm of Long-Arm Jurisdiction: Post-Daimler, the …
Bauman,[1] the answer is quite different than it was a few years ago, as Daimler significantly changed the general jurisdiction principles ... «Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Jul 15»
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SPC clarifies jurisdiction issues arising from the CIETAC split
In all other cases, CIETAC will retain jurisdiction over disputes submitted under arbitration agreements referring to CIETAC sub-commissions. «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
PayPal case in Israel: focus on jurisdiction
PayPal case in Israel: focus on jurisdiction. 17 July 2015. A class action arose from PayPal's treatment of transactions where a client has a foreign currency ... «The Lawyer, Jul 15»
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PHCN Entitlement: Court Affirms Jurisdiction
The National Industrial Court (NIC) Ibadan, says it has jurisdiction to hear a suit instituted by workers of the defunct Power Holding Company of ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
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Court of Justice of the European Union
responsibility are to be resolved by the court with jurisdiction to rule on those proceedings. A and that person's spouse, B, and their two minor ... «EU News, Jul 15»
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Additional spectrum: Court order on jurisdiction on July 20
A special court here on Thursday fixed July 20 for its order on a plea by two firms challenging its jurisdiction to try them in the 2002 additional ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Competing jurisdiction clauses in a multi-contract scenario: a …
Instead, they expressed that the parties irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong in respect of any claims ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
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Re L (A Child) (Jurisdiction: Private Fostering) [2015] EWHC 1617 …
[1] This is a judgment deciding the issue of jurisdiction within public law proceedings. The court heard the case on the 19th March 2015 and I ... «Family Law, Jul 15»

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