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Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..

Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..

Paramount :: Paramount (a.) Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty..

Conviction :: Conviction (n.) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal..

Pontiff :: Pontiff (n.) One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus..

Sucker :: Sucken (n.) The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground..

Cadilesker :: Cadilesker (n.) A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers..

Archbishopric :: Archbishopric (n.) The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

Autocephalous :: Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches..

Jurisdictive :: Jurisdictive (a.) Having jurisdiction.

Syndicate :: Syndicate (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics..

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven..

Extraterritorial :: Extraterritorial (a.) Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.

Regality :: Regality (n.) Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.

Electorate :: Electorate (n.) The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies..

Regency :: Regency (a.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government..

Constablery :: Constablery (n.) The district or jurisdiction of a constable.

Realm :: Realm (n.) A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

Accroach :: Accroach (v. t.) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives..

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