Definition of Jurisdictional

1. Adjective. Restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction. "The jurisdictional limits of a state"

Similar to: Territorial
Derivative terms: Jurisdiction

Definition of Jurisdictional

1. a. Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as, jurisdictional rights.

Definition of Jurisdictional

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to jurisdiction ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jurisdictional

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jurisdictional

jurats
jurbanite
jurbanites
jure
jure uxoris
jurel
jurels
juridic
juridical
juridically
juried
juries
jurisconsult
jurisconsults
jurisdiction
jurisdictional (current term)
jurisdictionally
jurisdictions
jurisdictive
jurispendence
jurispendences
jurisprudence
jurisprudences
jurisprudent
jurisprudential
jurisprudentially
jurisprudents
jurist
juristic
juristical

Literary usage of Jurisdictional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1914)
"As in combating disease, preventive medicine is of more importance than remedial medicine, so in the matter of jurisdictional controversies it would be much ..."

2. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"FINDING OK jurisdictional FACTS. — When jurisdiction depends on a fact that is litigated in a suit, and such fact is found in favor of the party who avers ..."

3. Colonial Trade of Maryland, 1689-1715 by Margaret Shove Morriss (1914)
"CHAPTER VI REMEDIES FOR jurisdictional DISPUTES For the settlement of these conflicts, which prevail so generally and constitute so large a cost to labor ..."

4. Federal Equity Practice: A Treatise on the Pleadings Used and Practice by Thomas Atkins Street (1909)
"In the other case, some of the creditors had claims for more than the jurisdictional amount and the appeal was sustained as to them, but dismissed as to ..."

5. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"jurisdictional as well as other averments may be amended or inserted.79 In re ... "A petition in bankruptcy may be amended with respect to jurisdictional ..."

6. The Growth of Federal User Charges by Pearl W. Richardson (1994)
"jurisdictional Issues in the Congress Within the Congress, user charges have at times provoked jurisdictional disputes between committees in both Houses. ..."

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