Definition for Jurisdiction:

• [ L.] ( Leg.) The extent of the power of a court to hear and determine causes.

Synonyms for Jurisdiction:

• n.

  •
  • civil law,
  • act,
  • bill,
  • bylaw,
  • civil rights,
  • case law,
  • civil liberties,
  • claim,
  • Chapter 7,
  • Chapter 11.
  •
  • mastery,
  • prerogative,
  • over.
  •administration (noun)
  • over seeings,
  • over sights,
  • dis position,
  • super-vision,
  • over-sight,
  • over-seeings,
  • directings,
  • super visions,
  • pro vision,
  • over-sights,
  • dis-position,
  • pro-visions,
  • governings,
  • over sight,
  • over-seeing,
  • administerings,
  • pro-vision,
  • over seeing,
  • pro visions,
  • super vision,
  • conductings,
  • overseeings,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis positions,
  • super-visions.
  •area of authority (noun)
  • extent,
  • zone,
  • right,
  • scope,
  • supervision,
  • inquisition,
  • arbitration,
  • influence,
  • empire,
  • purview,
  • judicature,
  • confines,
  • compass,
  • slot,
  • bounds,
  • commission,
  • say,
  • reign,
  • area,
  • magistracy,
  • hegemony,
  • discretion,
  • circuit.
  •attribute (noun)
  • legal power,
  • jurisdiction.
  •authority (noun)
  • scepter.
  •cognizance (noun)
  • re-cognition,
  • in-sights,
  • re-gard,
  • re cognition,
  • in sights,
  • re gards,
  • in-sight,
  • re cognitions.
  •command (noun)
  • primacy,
  • knowhow,
  • expertism.
  •control (noun)
  • restrictions,
  • wire pulling,
  • containment,
  • subjection,
  • predomination,
  • containments.
  •department (noun)
  • realms.
  •diocese (noun)
  • Prelacies,
  • episcopates,
  • benefice,
  • Episcopate,
  • prelacy,
  • benefices.
  •domain (noun)
  • home parks,
  • de-mesne,
  • de mesne,
  • neck woods,
  • neck the woods.
  •domination (noun)
  • pre potency,
  • pre potencies,
  • pre-potencies,
  • pre potences,
  • pre-potences,
  • pre-potence,
  • prepotences,
  • pre potence,
  • pre-potency.
  •dominion (noun)
  • pre eminence,
  • pre-eminences,
  • pre eminences.
  •field (noun)
  • cup tea,
  • champaigns.
  •governance (noun)
  • predominanc.
  •government (noun)
  • pre-dominance,
  • powers that bes,
  • pre-dominances,
  • powers-that-bes,
  • statecrafts,
  • pre dominances,
  • political practices,
  • pre dominance.
  •power (noun)
  • omnipotence,
  • Imperium,
  • Imperia.
  •province (noun)
  • de-pendencies,
  • co unties,
  • co-unties,
  • de pendencies,
  • de-pendency,
  • de pendency,
  • pro vinces,
  • pro vince,
  • pro-vinces,
  • pro-vince.
  •rule (noun)
  • regnancies.
  •say-so (noun)
  • say so.
  •sovereignty (noun)
  • supreme powers.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • administration (of an estate),
  • say-so.
  •
  • desk.
  •collectivism
  • paternalism.
  •protection
  • protectorate.

Paraphrases for Jurisdiction:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    jurisdictional.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    skills.
  • Proper noun, singular
    institutions, complaints, settlements, establishments, Trustees, Islands, governors, Schools, pays, Facilities, proficiency, authority, skill, skills, competition, expertise, mandate, mandates, responsibility, responsibilities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Criteria, juridiction, remit, jurisprudence, discretion, case-law, prerogative, judicature, sovereignty, matter, ambit, prosecution, specialization, Fora, proficiency, Governments, concern, constituency, guardianship, resort, domain, authority, legislation, skill, skills, turf, competition, control, mandate, responsibility, function.
  • Verb, past tense
    governed.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    conducting, competing, falling.
  • Verb, past participle
    Judged, mandated, governed, authorised, entrusted, Exercised, Introduced, determined, designated, empowered, Attributed, decided, addressed, described, entitled, covered, involved, handled, vested, Referred, found, Performed, Carried, required, Followed, Created, treated, left, Tackled, Dealt, competence.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    competence, competences, competencies, court, courts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    purview, competence, court, expertise.

Antonyms for Jurisdiction:

• n.

  • area of authority
    submission, yielding, powerlessness, weakness, surrender, incapacity, impotence.

Jurisdiction Sentence Examples:

• 3rdly, Had the arrest been ever so regular, the trial of a prisoner accused of a political conspiracy was totally beyond the jurisdiction of a court - martial.

• But the Chief Justice sent it back, with an answer that he had no jurisdiction of the matter.

Hypernym for Jurisdiction:

• n.

  • location
    archdeaconry, turf, caliphate, bishopric, Episcopate, justiciary, viceroyalty, parish, venue, patriarchate, diocese, bailiwick, abbacy, archbishopric.

Hyponym for Jurisdiction:

• n.

  • attribute
    powerfulness, power.
  • location
    dominion, district, territory, territorial dominion.