0 the authority of a court or official organization to make decisions and judgments : --
School admissions are not under/within our jurisdiction.
1 the official authority to make (esp. legal) decisions and judgments: --
2 the authority that a particular court of law or official organization has to make laws, rules, or legal decisions: --
assert/lack jurisdiction An industrial tribunal claimed that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the appellant's complaint of unfair dismissal.
Cable and satellite channels are outside the jurisdiction of the FCC.
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.
jurisdiction over sth The United States Court of Appeals has exclusive jurisdiction over patent appeals.
jurisdiction to do sth He dismissed the case but retained jurisdiction to resolve any disputes over the settlements.
jurisdiction in sth For the rules as to jurisdiction in bankruptcy proceedings, including debtors' petitions, see Chapter 1.
the jurisdiction of sth The appellant challenged the jurisdiction of the court.
A law passed in 2006 sought to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to consider the detainees' plight.
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.
These arguments conspire to place virtue beyond the jurisdiction of the law.
In some jurisdictions this may be seen as a necessary provision where there is total disregard of the law.
The final chapter reviews developments in selected other jurisdictions and provides a draft of a parents' code.
This veto power also applied to the subsequent decision to create permanent marketing boards under the government's jurisdiction.
Kings, not parliaments, had issued the charters on which their jurisdiction was based.
In yet other cases, specialized jurisdictions, for example tax courts, are created to deal with particular competencies.
Of the 66 interviewed cases, 54 (82 %) reported consumption of a sesame-based product within the exposure period of the respective jurisdictions.
So the defence demanded instead a reorientation of military jurisdiction, which during the monarchy had been seen as the 'people's hangman'.
