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- pronunciation:
- juh
rihs
dIk
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 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the right or authority to interpret and administer the law.
The state government has jurisdiction with respect to laws governing marriage.- synonyms:
- dominion, judicature
- similar words:
- administration, authority, authorization, control, right, rule, sovereignty
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| definition 2: |
the extent, territory, or range over which such authority is held.
Such matters are not within the mayor's jurisdiction.When the suspects crossed the state line, they were beyond the jurisdiction of our city's police.- synonyms:
- domain, dominion, judicature
- similar words:
- control, territory, turf
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| related words: |
charge, department, domain, lap |
adjective + (n.)jurisdiction
administrative,
appellate,
civil,
coastal,
competent,
compulsory,
concurrent,
criminal,
domestic,
downwind,
ecclesiastical,
exclusive,
existing,
expanded,
extraterritorial,
federal,
geographic,
legal,
legislative,
limited,
local,
maritime,
military,
multiple,
neighboring,
orthodox,
overlapping,
personal,
primary,
proper,
provincial,
rabbinical,
regulatory,
respective,
separate,
sole,
taxing,
territorial,
tribal,
universal
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verb + (n.)jurisdiction
assert, confer, deprive, establish, exercise, expand, extend, fall, grant, lack, limit, locate, overlap, restrict, retain, rule, state, submit, transfer, vary
(n.)jurisdiction
+ verb
commit, enact, enforce, govern, impose, prescribe, prosecute, regulate, review
noun + (n.)jurisdiction
agency,
assertion,
authority,
committee,
counsel,
court,
diversity,
establishment,
exercise,
expansion,
extension,
fishery,
inspection,
judge,
law,
limit,
limitation,
matter,
metro,
pollution,
prosecutor,
requirement,
scope,
seabed,
sovereignty,
state,
statute,
subject,
territory,
transport,
tribunal,
upwind
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| derivations: |
jurisdictive (adj.), jurisdictionally (adv.) |
The word jurisdiction
contains the following parts:
dic, dict
Latin
root
that means speak, declare
  Example words:
abdicate, addict, addiction, benediction, contradict, contradiction, contradictory, contraindicate, dedicate, dictaphone, dictate, dictation, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indicate, indict, indictment, interdict, jurisdiction, malediction, predicate, predict, prediction, syndicate, valediction, valedictorian, verdict, veridical, predictable
jud, jur, just
Latin
root
that means justice, law; swear
Example words:
adjudicate, abjure, adjure, conjure, injudicious, injure, injury, injustice, judge, judgment, judicial, judiciary, judicious, juridical, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jury, just, justice, justify, perjure, perjury, unjust
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