JURISDICTION in a Sentence
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16 example sentences for JURISDICTION, such as:
1. These courts have jurisdiction in this district.
2. The commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to decide.
3. The court has no jurisdiction in/over cases of this kind.
4. The senate committees have exclusive jurisdiction over the FBI.
5. They soon had a proof, however, that they were still within the jurisdiction of the Saints.
2. The commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to decide.
3. The court has no jurisdiction in/over cases of this kind.
4. The senate committees have exclusive jurisdiction over the FBI.
5. They soon had a proof, however, that they were still within the jurisdiction of the Saints.
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Meanings and Examples of JURISDICTION
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jurisdiction
n. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
n. in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
Classic Sentence:
1 Now the Cinque Ports are partially or somehow under the jurisdiction of a sort of policeman or beadle, called a Lord Warden.
2 I had the feeling that the world was left behind, that we had got over the edge of it, and were outside man's jurisdiction.
3 The President of the United States issued a proclamation that it be not tolerated in the territories over which he has jurisdiction.
4 They soon had a proof, however, that they were still within the jurisdiction of the Saints.
5 The laws of England," interrupted Beaumanoir, "permit and enjoin each judge to execute justice within his own jurisdiction.
6 MICAWBER, and the defendant in that cause is the prey of the sheriff having legal jurisdiction in this bailiwick.
7 Their parents have a sort of rule and jurisdiction over them, when they come into the world, and for some time after; but it is but a temporary one.
8 And thus, 'tis true, the paternal is a natural government, but not at all extending itself to the ends and jurisdictions of that which is political.'
Example Sentence:
1 The court has no jurisdiction in/over cases of this kind.
2 An industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide whether an employee was fairly or unfairly dismissed.
3 The House Committee continued to exercise its jurisdiction over a wide variety of day-to-day matters at the institution.
4 The senate committees have exclusive jurisdiction over the FBI.
5 The commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to decide.
6 This is quite evident from his acquired right of subdelegation whereby he was allowed to name a vicegerens, his representative not alone in pontifical ceremonies, but also in jurisdiction.
7 These courts have jurisdiction in this district.
8 "Crossing borders with a laptop can be an issue," he says, as a number of jurisdictions have the right to search your laptop without having to issue a search warrant.