Standard Lemma guide

jurisdiction

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/
  • General-American: /d͡ʒɝɪsˈdɪkʃən/
  • General-American: /d͡ʒʊɹɪz-/
  • General-American: /d͡ʒɝɪz-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʊəɹɪz-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːɹɪz-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪkʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: JH UH2 R AH0 S D IH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: JH UH2 R IH0 S D IH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: power, authority, disposition, craft, force, might, potence, potency, strength, virtue, Note: All terms are usually figurative., area, arena, bailiwick, domain, department, discipline, field, jurisdiction, lookout, orbit, province, realm, section, sector, sphere, territory, turf, pale, wheelhouse, world

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The power or right to exercise authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • outside the jurisdiction of

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oyer and terminer, soc and sac

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Police officers have no jurisdiction in that district.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The United Kingdom consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • courts having jurisdiction in this district

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: legal power

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: power, powerfulness

7

noun

Meaning 7

in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion

Narrower terms: abbacy, archbishopric, archdeaconry, bailiwick, caliphate, diocese, bishopric, episcopate, justiciary, turf, parish, patriarchate, venue, viceroyalty

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūrisdictiō.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: jurisdiksion — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Arabic: قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Armenian: իրավասություն (iravasutʻyun) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Belarusian: юрысды́кцыя (jurysdýkcyja) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Bulgarian: правосъдие (pravosǎdie) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管轄權 /管辖权 (guǎnxiáquán) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Czech: jurisdikce — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Danish: jurisdiktion — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Estonian: jurisdiktsioon — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Finnish: tuomiovalta — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • French: juridiction — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Galician: jurisdición — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Galician: xurisdición — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Georgian: იურისდიქცია (iurisdikcia) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • German: Jurisdiktion — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Greek: δικαιοδοσία (dikaiodosía) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Hungarian: joghatóság — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Indonesian: wewenang — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Indonesian: yurisdiksi — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Irish: urlámhas — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Italian: giurisdizione — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Japanese: 管轄 (kankatsu) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Korean: 관할 (gwanhal) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Latin: diciō — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Latin: iūrisdictiō — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Latvian: jurisdikcija — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Lithuanian: jurisdikcija — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Macedonian: јурисдикција (jurisdikcija) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jurisdiksjon — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Polish: jurysdykcja — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Portuguese: competência — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Portuguese: jurisdição — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Romanian: jurisdicție — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Russian: юрисди́кция (jurisdíkcija) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: јурисдѝкција — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: jurisdìkcija — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Slovak: jurisdikcia — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Slovene: jurisdikcija — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Spanish: jurisdicción — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Swedish: jurisdiktion — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Ukrainian: юрисди́кція (jurysdýkcija) — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Uzbek: yurisdiksiya — the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
  • Arabic: اِخْتِصَاص (iḵtiṣāṣ) — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Bulgarian: пълномощие (pǎlnomoštie) — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Danish: jurisdiktion — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Finnish: toimivalta — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Galician: jurisdición — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Georgian: იურისდიქცია (iurisdikcia) — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Greek: δικαιοδοσία (dikaiodosía) — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Greek: αρμοδιότητα (armodiótita) — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Indonesian: wewenang — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Indonesian: yurisdiksi — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Irish: urlámhas — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Italian: giurisdizione — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Polish: jurysdykcja — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Portuguese: competência — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Spanish: jurisdicción — the power or right to exercise authority
  • Bulgarian: юрисдикция (jurisdikcija) — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Danish: jurisdiktion — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Georgian: იურისდიქცია (iurisdikcia) — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Greek: δικαιοδοσία (dikaiodosía) — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Italian: giurisdizione — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Māori: mana whakahaere — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Polish: jurysdykcja — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Portuguese: competência — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Spanish: jurisdicción — the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate
  • Danish: jurisdiktion — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Finnish: hallintoalue — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Galician: jurisdición — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Georgian: იურისდიქცია (iurisdikcia) — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Greek: δικαιοδοσία (dikaiodosía) — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Indonesian: kewenangan — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Indonesian: yurisdiksi — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Irish: údarás — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Italian: giurisdizione — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Polish: jurysdykcja — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Portuguese: jurisdição — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Spanish: jurisdicción — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Swedish: domvärjo — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  • Ottoman Turkish: قضا (kaza) — the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
Real reading context

jurisdiction in complete knowledge articles