jurisdictionnoun/d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/

• 1

  The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

  • legal jurisdiction
  • The case falls outside the court’s jurisdiction.
• 2

  The power or right to exercise authority.

  • outside the jurisdiction of
• 3

  The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.

  • Police officers have no jurisdiction in that district.
  • The Fife County Council, and other objectors, were successful in July [1950] in obtaining an interim interdict against this decision, but the Court of Session withdrew the interdict in January, and it was then stated that a civil court had no jurisdiction in the matter.
• 4

  The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.

  • Thus fell that glorious Minion of Edward the Second, who for a time appeared liked [sic.] a blazing Comet, and sway'd the jurisdiction of the state of England, and her Confederates.
• 5

  The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

  • The United Kingdom consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  • The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.