noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
appellate
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Congress may limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court even in constitutional cases. 3.
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Second, the Constitution gives Congress the power to establish the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
exclusive
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The Special Commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to determine the appeals, and to do so in relation to the facts as found before them.
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Thus the headman had a veto over criminal prosecutions for the petty offences over which village tribunals had exclusive jurisdiction .
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Accordingly, in my judgment, her claim falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor, subject always to judicial review.
federal
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They have refused to leave their heavily armed compound or to accept any federal jurisdiction over their lives.
inherent
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In addition to any statutory rights of appeal, there may be a right to invoke the inherent supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court.
original
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It had original jurisdiction over serious offences.
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A reconstituted Supreme Court was given authority over the entire island, with original criminal jurisdiction for serious crime.
supervisory
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In the case of an arbitrator, the court has a supervisory jurisdiction over his conduct of the reference.
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In addition to any statutory rights of appeal, there may be a right to invoke the inherent supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court.
■ VERB
accept
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They have refused to leave their heavily armed compound or to accept any federal jurisdiction over their lives.
act
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She didn't go to the Social Services or anything like that, she acted completely beyond the jurisdiction of any teacher.
claim
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The existence of competing bodies claiming to exercise jurisdiction in the town inevitably provoked violent confrontation.
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Under Prop. 65, citizen groups must file a 60-day notice claiming jurisdiction to sue alleged violators.
determine
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The Special Commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to determine the appeals, and to do so in relation to the facts as found before them.
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He, therefore, had jurisdiction to determine that question also.
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Thus, jurisdiction is determined at the commencement not at the conclusion of the inquiry.
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The district judge has jurisdiction to hear and determine the amount of the damages.
exercise
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They exercised territorial jurisdiction over areas often inhabited by tens of thousands of people.
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Decisions taken, said the Code, require papal confirmation, but a Council exercises supreme jurisdiction over the Church.
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In exercising its norm control jurisdiction the Court acts as a restraint on the possibilities of abuse inherent in the legislative process.
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The existence of competing bodies claiming to exercise jurisdiction in the town inevitably provoked violent confrontation.
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The House Committee continued to exercise its jurisdiction over a wide variety of day-to-day matters at the institution.
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The earliest known example of the Roman bishop exercising jurisdiction is painful.
fall
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It thus becomes crucial to determine what errors fall outside jurisdiction .
hear
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The High Court thus had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal.
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The district judge has jurisdiction to hear and determine the amount of the damages.
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Accordingly, the Court had jurisdiction to hear the originating summons.
hold
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From medieval times until the present century Saltash has held jurisdiction over these waters.
invoke
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In addition to any statutory rights of appeal, there may be a right to invoke the inherent supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court.
limit
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These objectives could not be attained were the court's powers to be strictly limited to its territorial jurisdiction .
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Congress may limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court even in constitutional cases. 3.
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The Magistrates' Court is limited in its jurisdiction .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In general, the American courts have no jurisdiction to deal with crimes outside the USA.
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It's not within our jurisdiction to tell people what to do in the privacy of their own homes.
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Kansas has no jurisdiction over inspectors licensed in other states.
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The Air Transit Authority's jurisdiction extends beyond the airport itself to include warehouses and associated buildings.
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The council has no jurisdiction over these matters.
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The courts said the claim raised "political questions" that were outside its jurisdiction .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, the nine archons lost their first-instance jurisdiction to the popular law-courts.
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As the number of these dwindled, princely jurisdiction apparently reached its low point.
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Review over findings of fact has also increased as the judiciary have increased their control over open-textured and subjective conditions of jurisdiction .
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The court held that the Secretary of State had no jurisdiction to grant a warrant and the defendants were guilty of trespass.
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The unfair dismissal jurisdiction accounts for about three-quarters of the business of the tribunals.
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These processes come under the jurisdiction of H.M.
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This violates such deep-seated feelings of justice that it has proved to be unacceptable under any criminal law jurisdiction .