Jurisdiction
noun
The power or right to make decisions and apply law.
The crime was committed outside of our jurisdiction, so we couldn't take any legal action.
Often appears as...
- under jurisdiction
- outside jurisdiction
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Formal
Academic
noun
The area where a particular system of laws is in effect.
The island falls within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Often appears as...
- within jurisdiction
- jurisdiction area
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Formal
Academic
noun
A system or field of law enforcement or governance.
The case fell under the jurisdiction of the federal court.
Often appears as...
- under jurisdiction
- legal jurisdiction
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Formal
Academic
noun
The power or right to make decisions and apply law.
The crime was committed outside of our jurisdiction, so we couldn't take any legal action.
Often appears as...
- under jurisdiction
- outside jurisdiction
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The area where a particular system of laws is in effect.
The island falls within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Often appears as...
- within jurisdiction
- jurisdiction area
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A system or field of law enforcement or governance.
The case fell under the jurisdiction of the federal court.
Often appears as...
- under jurisdiction
- legal jurisdiction
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Authority
Jurisdiction implies an institution's legal power within certain limits.
The school has jurisdiction over student conduct.
Pro Tip 2/3Overlapping Jurisdiction
Can refer to shared legal authority by multiple entities over a case or area.
The river between the two states is under overlapping jurisdiction.
Pro Tip 3/3Jurisdiction Limits
It's crucial to recognize that jurisdiction is bounded geographically or thematically.
The local police don't have jurisdiction in international waters.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Authority
Jurisdiction implies an institution's legal power within certain limits.
The school has jurisdiction over student conduct.
Pro Tip 2/3Overlapping Jurisdiction
Can refer to shared legal authority by multiple entities over a case or area.
The river between the two states is under overlapping jurisdiction.
Pro Tip 3/3Jurisdiction Limits
It's crucial to recognize that jurisdiction is bounded geographically or thematically.
The local police don't have jurisdiction in international waters.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Authority
Jurisdiction implies an institution's legal power within certain limits.
The school has jurisdiction over student conduct.
Pro Tip 2/3Overlapping Jurisdiction
Can refer to shared legal authority by multiple entities over a case or area.
The river between the two states is under overlapping jurisdiction.
Pro Tip 3/3Jurisdiction Limits
It's crucial to recognize that jurisdiction is bounded geographically or thematically.
The local police don't have jurisdiction in international waters.
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they'd rather not have the public know about. And these people go to great lengths to hide any links between their names and the companies they own. The life of an anonymous company usually begins in what's known as a secrecy jurisdiction, a place whose laws allow new companies to be registered
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moves around from one country to another as soon as the website is tried to shut down. So you just can't shut these guys down. They will switch from one country to another, from one jurisdiction to another -- moving around the world, using the fact that we don't have the capability
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What type of world do we...
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How revenge porn turns...
It's expensive, complicated and confusing. And worse, legal loopholes and jurisdictional issues drag this out for months, while my private parts were on display for months. How would you feel if your naked body was exposed for the world to see,
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have used e-cigarettes in the US. Now, e-cigarettes were originally created to offer smokers a cleaner form of nicotine to help with their cigarette addiction. In the US, these devices come under the FDA's jurisdiction as a tobacco product.
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
with jurisdictions and territories separate from one another, each claiming to be able to solve the problem of its own people. Twenty-first-century, transnational world of problems and challenges,
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Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's...
by governments that have no jurisdiction over many, or most, of the users and viewers who are interacting with the content in question. So here's the situation. In a pre-Internet world,
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How we can eliminate...
Law enforcement works in one jurisdiction. Companies look at just their platform. And whatever data they learn along the way is rarely shared.
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How exposing anonymous...
they'd rather not have the public know about. And these people go to great lengths to hide any links between their names and the companies they own. The life of an anonymous company usually begins in what's known as a secrecy jurisdiction, a place whose laws allow new companies to be registered
Video examples
Mikko Hypponen: Fighting...
moves around from one country to another as soon as the website is tried to shut down. So you just can't shut these guys down. They will switch from one country to another, from one jurisdiction to another -- moving around the world, using the fact that we don't have the capability
Video examples
When is a pandemic over?
another may be getting its first cases. Instead of every leader responding to what’s happening in their jurisdiction, here everyone must treat the world as the giant interconnected system it is. If coordinated properly, this could end a pandemic in just a few months,
Video examples
Sharks 101 PIPE National...
However, measures are being taken to protect sharks with a number of countries and jurisdictions cracking down on unsustainable shark fishing. In China, shark fin soup is no longer allowed to be served at government banquets. A move hailed by shark conservationists.
Video examples
What type of world do we...
after years of deliberation has finally agreed to a process that would make it possible to protect the high seas beyond national jurisdiction with an implementing agreement that can lead to come to governance and ultimately protection of areas in the high seas
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How revenge porn turns...
It's expensive, complicated and confusing. And worse, legal loopholes and jurisdictional issues drag this out for months, while my private parts were on display for months. How would you feel if your naked body was exposed for the world to see,
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What you should know...
have used e-cigarettes in the US. Now, e-cigarettes were originally created to offer smokers a cleaner form of nicotine to help with their cigarette addiction. In the US, these devices come under the FDA's jurisdiction as a tobacco product.
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
with jurisdictions and territories separate from one another, each claiming to be able to solve the problem of its own people. Twenty-first-century, transnational world of problems and challenges,
Video examples
Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's...
by governments that have no jurisdiction over many, or most, of the users and viewers who are interacting with the content in question. So here's the situation. In a pre-Internet world,
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How we can eliminate...
Law enforcement works in one jurisdiction. Companies look at just their platform. And whatever data they learn along the way is rarely shared.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.
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Peter Thiel
American Businessman
Technologies like PayPal foster competition because they enable people to shift their funds from one jurisdiction to another, and I think that ultimately will lead to a world in which there's less government power and therefore more individual control.
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Bobby Scott
American Politician
One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so.
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Jagmeet Singh
Canadian Lawyer
If we have an agreement with a country like Mexico, that doesn't support or protect the rights of workers, that doesn't have the same environmental regulations, how can Canadians ever compete with that jurisdiction?
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Preston Brooks
American Politician
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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Jeff Sessions
American Politician
Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk - especially immigrant communities in the very sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators.
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Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will.
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Carrie Lam
Chinese Politician
At the end of the day, we must respect the rule of law in respective jurisdictions.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can't change mindsets and hearts.
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Maxime Bernier
Canadian Businessman
It's federal jurisdiction, so the federal government can approve pipelines.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.
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Peter Thiel
American Businessman
Technologies like PayPal foster competition because they enable people to shift their funds from one jurisdiction to another, and I think that ultimately will lead to a world in which there's less government power and therefore more individual control.
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Bobby Scott
American Politician
One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so.
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Jagmeet Singh
Canadian Lawyer
If we have an agreement with a country like Mexico, that doesn't support or protect the rights of workers, that doesn't have the same environmental regulations, how can Canadians ever compete with that jurisdiction?
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Preston Brooks
American Politician
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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Jeff Sessions
American Politician
Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk - especially immigrant communities in the very sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators.
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Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will.
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Carrie Lam
Chinese Politician
At the end of the day, we must respect the rule of law in respective jurisdictions.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can't change mindsets and hearts.
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Maxime Bernier
Canadian Businessman
It's federal jurisdiction, so the federal government can approve pipelines.
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