jurisdictional
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˌdʒʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənl/
- Formal
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jurisdiccional
- The court's decision was based on specific jurisdictional authority over the case.
- jurisdictional bar
- jurisdictional dispute
- jurisdictional comparison
And we need new jurisdictional principles that help us protect rights across borders.
- And we need new jurisdictional principles that help us protect rights across borders.
- You have to meet certain jurisdictional venue requirements that those things are correct.
- Tax policies in Canada aren't bad jurisdictional hold up that the border, you know, with all these border deals, it's terrible.
Examples
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As a result, many of the tough, unresolved jurisdictional questions reaching the courts today stem from CAFA.
Academic text (2017) -
And we need new jurisdictional principles that help us protect rights across borders.
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We have certain jurisdictional rights.
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The child shall be removed from the home until a formal jurisdictional hearing.
Fiction book (2001) -
The federal government thus gained a strategic advantage in the jurisdictional dispute with the state.
Academic text (1999) -
There's been a jurisdictional change.
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It's a jurisdictional issue.
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I have jurisdictional authority.
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On the intermediary level between village and nation, there is jurisdictional overlap with local government councils.
Academic text (1993) -
The Canadian Constitution lists forty-five jurisdictional powers for division between the federal and provincial governments.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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6.1
Relating to making choices or having the power to choose
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9.9
Relating to a formal decision or hearing about a legal dispute
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
jurisdictional = jurisdiction (transparent) = jurisdiction + al
The adjective is formed in the regular way from the noun 'jurisdiction' plus '-al', meaning 'relating to'.
Etymology
Jurisdictional comes from the Latin parts juris meaning 'law' and dict meaning 'say' or 'speak', a root you also see in justice and judge. So, something jurisdictional is about who has the official power to 'speak' or decide the law in a place.