jurisdiction

noun jurisdictions

1. countable, uncountable The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law. legal jurisdiction
2. countable, uncountable The power or right to exercise authority. outside the jurisdiction of
3. countable, uncountable The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law. Police officers have no jurisdiction in that district.
4. countable, uncountable The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate. Thus fell that glorious Minion of Edward the Second, who for a time appeared liked [sic.] a blazing Comet, and sway'd the jurisdiction of the state of England, and her Confederates.
5. countable, uncountable The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised. The United Kingdom consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.