Sample sentences for JURISDICTION

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Definition

the authority to make decisions or apply the law; or the territory subject to such authority

The state court has jurisdiction on this matter — not the federal court.

jurisdiction = the authority to apply the law

The Palestinian camp is outside the jurisdiction of the Lebanese state.
courts having jurisdiction in this district
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
Thomas Jefferson et al. -- The Declaration of Independence

jurisdiction = authority to make decisions or apply the law

It's said to be a deterrent—but in fact, murder rates are higher in death penalty jurisdictions than in those without it.
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
Officer Carter still had jurisdiction over that area and did not look kindly on our being there.
Ally Condie -- Matched
Hoover wants jurisdiction over the case.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
He is no longer under your jurisdiction," said Stanley's lawyer.
Louis Sachar -- Holes
" Then: "I'm outside my jurisdiction in any case.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
Appendix N There is no question upon which the American constitutions agree more fully than upon that of political jurisdiction.
Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 2
Now, I find there's a little one out—a mere Palace Court jurisdiction—and I have reason to believe that a caption may be made upon that.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
There were eleven cases of men drunk on return from leave waiting for his jurisdiction and he found these very difficult to deal with.
Nevil Shute -- On the Beach
They were regulars at the station, but even when he went somewhere outside his jurisdiction he could sense them when they came near.
Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
Obviously she'd hoped to claim jurisdiction over the missing runaway.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
That's why Jesus fulfilled all of it for you—so that it no longer has jurisdiction over you.
William P. Young -- The Shack
"The laws of England," interrupted Beaumanoir, "permit and enjoin each judge to execute justice within his own jurisdiction.
Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
Twenty villages cheated her after immemorial custom, but no man would have stolen or robbed within her jurisdiction for any gift under heaven.
Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
Now the Cinque Ports are partially or somehow under the jurisdiction of a sort of policeman or beadle, called a Lord Warden.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
You are a common cyborg, and one who is under my legal jurisdiction.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
The federal government has no jurisdiction to intervene in domestic affairs of foreign nationals.
Alexs Pate -- Amistad

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