Definition of jurisdiction

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"Jurisdiction (a.) Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority..

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Papacy :: Papacy (n.) The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction..
Dimissory :: Dimissory (a.) Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart.
Castellany :: Castellany (n.) The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation..
Pastorage :: Pastorage (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..
Chapellany :: Chapellany (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised..
Chorepiscopus :: Chorepiscopus (n.) A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district..
Catholicos :: Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis..
Fuero :: Fuero (n.) The jurisdiction of a tribunal.
Beadlery :: Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
Authority :: Authority (n.) Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court..
Consulate :: Consulate (n.) The jurisdiction or residence of a consul.
Autocephalous :: Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches..
Extraprovincial :: Extraprovincial (a.) Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.
Marque :: Marque (n.) A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals..
Inspectorship :: Inspectorship (n.) The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
-dom :: -dom () Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom..
Commissary :: Commissary (n.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop..
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