Die hierarch. kath. Kirchenleitung, die Lehr- u. Hirtenamt umfaßt.
(lat.)Rechtssprechung, Gerichtsbarkeit.
ETYM Latin jurisdictio; jus, juris, right, law + dictio a saying, speaking: cf. Old Fren. jurisdiction, French juridiction. Related to Just, and Diction.
In law; the territory within which power can be exercised.
Legal authority or administration; extent or area of such authority.