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The state court has jurisdiction on this matter -- not the federal court.jurisdiction = the authority to apply the law
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The Palestinian camp is outside the jurisdiction of the Lebanese state.jurisdiction = territory subject to the law
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We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. (source)jurisdiction = authority to make decisions or apply the law
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He is no longer under your jurisdiction," said Stanley's lawyer.† (source)
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Obviously she'd hoped to claim jurisdiction over the missing runaway.† (source)
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Ever since Barkley Cove had been settled in 1751, no lawman extended his jurisdiction beyond the saw grass.† (source)
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The Chilean farmers who unwittingly risked their lives were ignorant peasants; the government of Chile had an economic crisis to worry about; and the American authorities had no jurisdiction.† (source)
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A sampling: "Despite grading's great promise, we show that the regulatory design, implementation, and practice suffer from serious flaws: jurisdictions fudge more than nudge.† (source)
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We both knew Burns from our last "multijurisdictional" case.† (source)multijurisdictional = subject to multiple authorities
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They hoped to do their business quickly, cleanly—and get out before they were required to explain their presence to the local authorities, which would at least tangle them in inter-jurisdictional paperwork and might result in troubling questions about what legitimate laws they were enforcing.† (source)
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Your embassy has no jurisdiction except on their own property.† (source)
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White neighborhoods in Baltimore blockaded their streets, attempting to confine the damage of the Riots to its poorer, darker jurisdictions.† (source)
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Since you're already outside the multijurisdictional mess, and therefore immune to it, why don't you keep it that way.† (source)
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When they made dinner together she hit Albert's hand every time he got in the way, a jurisdictional tap on the back of the hand.† (source)
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You are a common cyborg, and one who is under my legal jurisdiction.† (source)
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Now I'm running point between three jurisdictions.† (source)
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