[ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃ(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the official power to make legal decisions and judgements
(e.g: the English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French jurediction, from Latin jurisdictio(n-), from jus, jur- ‘law’ + dictio ‘saying’ (from dicere ‘say’)