( a. )
Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.
( a. )
Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012