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Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' and 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority held by a legal entity to enact justice. Jurisdiction is rarely claimed to be complete: rather it is limited for example by geography, subject matter, or other factor. It is only within the scope (inside the limits) of such jurisdiction that, for example, the parties to a dispute have standing to bring the matter (a legal question) before a judge, who has power (or 'jurisdiction') to decide it authoritatively.
Jurisdiction is the legal authority that allows a court or legal entity to make binding decisions about certain cases or disputes. It matters because a court can only hear a case and make a decision if it has jurisdiction over that particular matter, which is typically limited by factors like geography or subject type.
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- International dimension
- Political issue
- International and municipal
- Law
- International
- Jurisdictional principles<span class="anchor" id="Jurisdiction Principles"></span>
- Supranational
- National
- United States
- General and limited jurisdiction
- Original and appellate jurisdiction
- Example of jurisdiction
- Australia
- State and federal jurisdiction
- Original and appellate jurisdiction
- Cross-vesting scheme
- Territorial meaning
- Franchise jurisdiction
- See also
- References
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Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' and 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority held by a legal entity to enact justice. Jurisdiction is rarely claimed to be complete: rather it is limited for example by geography, subject matter, or other factor. It is only within the scope (inside the limits) of such jurisdiction that, for example, the parties to a dispute have standing to bring the matter (a legal question) before a judge, who has power (or 'jurisdiction') to decide it authoritatively.
A "jurisdiction" can also be understood as a category name for any separate polity legally constituted as such — for any government with legislative and other legal power over a particular territory, whether that area is a nation state or some smaller region. Thus, Australia, Arizona, North Yorkshire and New York City are each "a jurisdiction". In federations like the United States, jurisdiction in this polity sense applies at multiple levels (e.g., local, state, and national/federal).
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