Jurisdiction: alternatives and connections

The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

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The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

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The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.

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The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

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The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

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The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.

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A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

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An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.

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That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

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The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.

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Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.

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That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat…

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A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.

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The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

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Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

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Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

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Same as Poor, the fish.

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A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

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Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.

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Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.

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To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

A request for review of a decision.

The responsibility for proving a claim.

Responsibility for proving a claim.

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

Material used to establish facts.

The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.

Legal responsibility.

Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

An earlier decision used as legal authority.

That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

A legal response to a wrong.

An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature…

A written law enacted by a legislature.

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

Derived from Latin roots associated with declaring law.