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Jurisdiction

/ˌdʒʊərəsˈdɪkʃən/
The power or authority to make legal decisions and judgments

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Examples:

It's outside our jurisdiction, you see."The court has jurisdiction over these legal matters.The city extended its jurisdiction after recent expansions.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from Latin juris meaning law and dictio meaning saying, indicating the power to declare the law, first used in the 14th century.

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