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The legal authority of a court to try cases and rule on legal matters within a particular geographic area and/or over certain types of legal cases. | The legal authority of a court to try cases and rule on legal matters within a particular geographic area and/or over certain types of legal cases. | ||
Jurisdiction is very important for the practical enforceability of legal rights, for example contractual rights. | |||
Revision as of 17:28, 11 March 2015
1.
Law.
The legal authority of a court to try cases and rule on legal matters within a particular geographic area and/or over certain types of legal cases.
Jurisdiction is very important for the practical enforceability of legal rights, for example contractual rights.
2.
Similar legitimate rights enjoyed by law enforcement agencies, for example the police of a particular state.
3.
The geographical or other area which is subject to a particular legal system or the authority of its law enforcement agencies, or more usually both.
For example, a country.
