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jurisdictionAuthority of a court to hear and determine cases. This authority is constitutionally based. Examples of judicial jurisdiction are: appellate jurisdiction, in which a superior court has power to correct legal errors made in a lower court; concurrent jurisdiction, in which a suit might be brought to any of two or more courts; and federal jurisdiction. A court may also have authority to operate within a certain territory. Summary jurisdiction, in which a magistrate or judge has power to conduct proceedings resulting in a conviction without jury trial, is limited in the U.S. to petty offenses. jurisdiction 1. the right or power to administer justice and to apply laws 2. the exercise or extent of such right or power 3. power or authority in general How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Recognizing the tendency of Cromwell's reforms (perhaps even more clearly than did Cromwell himself), Bale writes as if the national territory were not only jurisdictionally homogenous, but effectively (and ideally) featureless and flat. Allan Cameron, who founded the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment more than a decade ago, said he perceived Darcy's plan as a ``possible, but not end-all, solution to the city's jurisdictionally insane boundaries. The prevailing British view is that British political institutions, which have served the country well for centuries, should not be stripped jurisdictionally to clothe Brussels and Strasbourg, which are unaccountable and authoritarian by Anglo-Saxon standards; that Britain should not go back to the pre-Thatcher European levels of taxation and industrial strife; and that Britain should not slam the door on its relationships with the United States and Canada. |
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