How do you use Jurisdiction in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like power or district, plus the exact meaning.
Jurisdiction in a sentence
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Jurisdiction meaning
- The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
- The power or right to exercise authority.
- The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
Example sentences (20)
Even if what he said is blasphemous, they should have taken him to the court of law and competent jurisdiction.
But Goetz says those taxes are collected by the province and isn’t something the city has jurisdiction over.
Fines vary depending on the jurisdiction and the extent to which the speed limit was exceeded, but they can add up quickly.
Bush and Grandison have prior felony convictions in another jurisdiction, but the offenses weren’t listed.
But Fresno County supervisors say stretches that pass through county jurisdiction should not be renamed.
As the resolution of this complaint was not within the Supreme Court's jurisdiction, the top court dismissed the party's appeal.
DCP (Trans Hindon) Deeksha Sharma said, “On January 4, two bodies were found within the jurisdiction of Teela Mod police station.
Adults 50 years of age by Dec. 31 who live in a sponsoring jurisdiction are eligible to participate.
Alberta maintains it has exclusive jurisdiction over those matters, while the federal government argues environmental issues are shared.
Annexing the property added another two miles of land to the city’s jurisdiction, and the city will benefit as the property is developed.
Delivering judgement yesterday, the three-man panel of judges, dismissed Nwajuba’s appeal for lacking the jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
Officers main The names, roles and numbers of Lodge officers vary widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
The maritime admiralty jurisdiction, hence the corporate jurisdiction, ends where the tide ebbs and flows.
And data by state can be found under “Select Jurisdiction” to the right of the graph.
A crime is handled by the police in the jurisdiction where the crime was committed.
A tax haven is quite simply a jurisdiction that has a low-tax or no-tax regime.
Under territorial jurisdiction, in rem jurisdiction could be exercised by the courts of a state by seizing the property in question.
When jurisdiction is concurrent, one governmental entity may have supreme jurisdiction over the other entity if their laws conflict.
The court has since been given new equitable jurisdiction in the area of bid protests, as well as jurisdiction in vaccine compensation.
It is trite in law that once a court of coordinate jurisdiction has ruled on a matter, court of similar jurisdiction cannot entertain it.
Common combinations with jurisdiction
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the jurisdiction 46×
- jurisdiction over 33×
- jurisdiction of 27×
- jurisdiction to 26×
- jurisdiction and 17×
- jurisdiction in 11×
- has jurisdiction 8×
- its jurisdiction 7×
- territorial jurisdiction 7×
- jurisdiction for 6×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word jurisdiction. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.