jurisdiction betydelse and definition

Betydelse av jurisdiction på svenska

• 0 the authority of a court or official organization to make decisions and judgments :

  • The court has no jurisdiction in/over cases of this kind.

  • School admissions are not under/within our jurisdiction.

• 1 the official authority to make (esp. legal) decisions and judgments:

  • The Supreme Court ruled that the US government had no jurisdiction over crimes committed on Indian lands.

• 2 the authority that a particular court of law or official organization has to make laws, rules, or legal decisions:

  • A law passed in 2006 sought to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to consider the detainees' plight.

  • the jurisdiction of sth The appellant challenged the jurisdiction of the court.

  • jurisdiction in sth For the rules as to jurisdiction in bankruptcy proceedings, including debtors' petitions, see Chapter 1.

  • jurisdiction to do sth He dismissed the case but retained jurisdiction to resolve any disputes over the settlements.

  • jurisdiction over sth The United States Court of Appeals has exclusive jurisdiction over patent appeals.

  • subject to/under/within the jurisdiction of sb/sth If the claim relates to employment matters it will normally be within the jurisdiction of the industrial tribunal.

  • Cable and satellite channels are outside the jurisdiction of the FCC.

  • exercise/establish/assume jurisdiction

  • expand/extend/limit jurisdiction

  • assert/lack jurisdiction An industrial tribunal claimed that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the appellant's complaint of unfair dismissal.

• 3 a country, state, or other area where a particular set of laws or rules must be obeyed:

  • The financial community would like to see conformity of rules and regulations between different jurisdictions.

  • foreign/local/state jurisdictions