jurisdictional
Concerning legal authority
Jurisdictional describes matters relating to jurisdiction—the authority to make legal decisions or the territory where that authority applies.
A jurisdictional dispute concerns which court or agency has power over a case.
Jurisdictional boundaries mark where one authority ends and another begins: The crime occurred near jurisdictional lines between two counties.
Area of control
- provinceRegional administrative district
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- zoneBounded area designation
- districtBounded administrative area
area · sector · enclave · precinct · bailiwick · turf · locality · municipality
Formal boundary setting
- borderOuter edge or limit
- frontierEdge of settlement
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- thresholdPoint of beginning
partition · interface · overlap · conflict · dispute · ambiguity · gap · reach
Supreme independent authority
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- controlAuthority to direct
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
command · dominance · supervision · regulation · governance · competence · mandate · purview
Involving official oversight
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- institutionalOf formal establishments
- departmentalOf a unit within organization
bureaucratic · interagency · coordination · protocol · documentation · filing · clearance · approval
domain
Area of control
district · area · sector · enclave · precinct · bailiwick · turf · locality · municipality · county
demarcation
Formal boundary setting
threshold · partition · interface · overlap · conflict · dispute · ambiguity · gap · reach · scope
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- controlAuthority to direct
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
oversight · command · dominance · supervision · regulation · governance · competence · mandate · purview · prerogative
regulatory
Involving official oversight
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- institutionalOf formal establishments
departmental · bureaucratic · interagency · coordination · protocol · documentation · filing · clearance · approval · permit
- government termslegislative, federal agencies, congressional, state agencies, parliamentary
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
jurisdictionaluniversal
Affecting all equally
unlimited · unbounded · unrestricted · absolute · borderless
jurisdictionalextraterritorial
Outside local legal authority
extrajudicial · international · transnational · supranational · global
- federal jurisdictionLegal domain of central government
- police jurisdictionArea officers patrol legally
- legal jurisdictionArea under court authority
- local jurisdictionGoverning power of an area
- criminal jurisdictionCourt's power over offenses
- court jurisdictionBounds of judicial power