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<h1>Jurisdiction</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`ris*dic"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jurisdictio</ets>; <ets>jus</ets>, <ets>juris</ets>, right, law + <ets>dictio</ets> a saying, speaking: cf. OF. <ets>jurisdiction</ets>, F. <ets>juridiction</ets>. See <er>Just</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Diction</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; <as>as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the <ex>jurisdiction</ex> of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.</def>

<blockquote>To live exempt From Heaven's high <b>jurisdiction</b>. <i> Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You wrought to be a legate; by which power You maim'd the <b>jurisdiction</b> of all bishops. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Jurisdiction</i>, in its most general sense, is the power to make, declare, or apply the law. When confined to the <i>judiciary department</i>, it is what we denominate the <i>judicial power</i>, the right of administering justice through the laws, by the means which the laws have provided for that purpose. <i>Jurisdiction</i> is limited to place or territory, to persons, or to particular subjects.</note>

<i>Duponceau.</i>

<h1>Jurisdictional</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`ris*dic"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>jurisdictionalis</ets>, F. <ets>juridictionnel</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as <i>jurisdictional</i> rights.</def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Jurisdictive</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`ris*dic"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having jurisdiction.</def>

<i> Milton.</i>

<h1>Jurisprudence</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`ris*pru"dence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jurisprudentia</ets>; <ets>jus</ets>, <ets>juris</ets>, right, law + <ets>prudentia</ets> a foreseeing, knowledge of a matter, prudence: cf. F. <ets>jurisprudence</ets>. See <er>Just</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Prudence</er>.]</ety> <def>The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.</def>

<blockquote>The talents of Abelard were not confined to theology, <b>jurisprudence</b>, philosophy. <i> J. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Medical jurisprudence</col>, <cd>that branch of juridical law which concerns questions of medicine.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jurisprudent</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`ris*pru"dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><ety>[See <er>Jurisprudence</er>.]</ety> <def>Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence.</def>

<i>G. West.</i>

<h1>Jurisprudent</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`ris*pru"dent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>jurisprudent</ets>.]</ety> <def>One skilled in law or jurisprudence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Jurisprudential</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`ris*pru*den"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.</def>

<i>Stewart.</i>