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What is a jurisdiction?

What is a jurisdiction? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
  2. The power or right to exercise authority.
  3. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
  4. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
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And nor should it exclude the jurisdiction of any other state that gives its courts universal jurisdiction over international crimes.
As a luminary and law minister, he cannot be expected to overstep his jurisdiction and transgress his limits beyond his domain.
To render speedy audit services to the City Government under the auditorial jurisdiction of this office.
The cases establish in this jurisdiction that you cannot judicially review a failure to prosecute.
The public prosecutors with jurisdiction over the matter didn't treat the incidents so lightly.
The information is being collected when federally recognized tribes request reassumption of jurisdiction over child custody proceedings.

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