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Example sentences for: jurisdiction

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It is flanked by a building that protected aristocratic debtors (known as the Abbey Lairds) from arrest and certain imprisonment; civil authorities had no jurisdiction within the Abbey grounds and could not enter to arrest them.
As a result, over time, and with much gnashing of teeth the "elephant did begin to dance" and LSC, its grantees and the federally-funded legal services delivery system began to evolve from a piecemeal, Great Society experiment to carefully chosen nonprofit corporations working together to serve poor clients in every jurisdiction.
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Federal courts are desirable venues for victims because of their high damage awards and relatively lax statutes of limitations, but the court found the victims' claims outside the constitutional scope of its jurisdiction.
The PA has no jurisdiction over the more than 150,000 Jewish settlers living throughout the two territories.