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Jurisdiction (from
Latin juris 'law' and
dictio 'speech' or 'declaration') is the
legal term for the
legal authority granted to a
legal entity to enact...
- A
court of
general jurisdiction, in the law of the
United States, is a
court with
authority to hear
cases in law and in
equity of all
kinds – criminal...
- A
jurisdiction is an area with a set of laws and
under the
control of a
system of
courts or
government entity that is
different from
neighbouring areas...
- law,
jurisdiction-stripping (also
called court-stripping or curtailment-of-
jurisdiction) is the
limiting or
reducing of a court's
jurisdiction by Congress...
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Heritable jurisdictions were, in the law of Scotland,
grants of
jurisdiction made to a man and his heirs. They were a
common accompaniment to
feudal tenures...
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Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is
jurisdiction by
church leaders over
other church leaders and over the laity.
Jurisdiction is a word
borrowed from the legal...
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Jurisdictional error is a
concept in
administrative law,
particularly in the UK and Australia.
Jurisdiction is the "authority to decide", and a jurisdictional...
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Extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) is the
legal ability of a
government to
exercise authority beyond its
normal boundaries. Any
authority can
claim ETJ...
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Universal jurisdiction is a
legal principle that
allows states or
international organizations to
prosecute individuals for
serious crimes, such as genocide...
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While practices vary by
jurisdiction, Rite, and
local tradition,
there are
common elements across Freemasonry. In many
jurisdictions,
Lodges conduct the usual...
