Both Uses of
jurisdiction
in
The Declaration of Independence
- He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts o†
- We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
*jurisdiction = authority to make decisions or apply the law
Definition:
the authority to make decisions or apply the law; or the territory subject to such authority