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Example sentences for: jurisdiction

How can you use “jurisdiction” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Texas cases typically involve preliminary disputes regarding jurisdiction and venue before the case reaches the merits, and civil cases on the border move very slowly due to court congestion with alien and drug smuggling cases.
Since the Constitution only permitted the national government to regulate "commerce," whole areas of economic life were outside federal jurisdiction.
It represents "the birth of an effective universal jurisdiction for dealing with crimes against humanity and, at the same time, an unequivocal warning that the United Kingdom will not be a refuge for blood-stained dictators."
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.
It described the U.S. failure to exempt its citizens and soldiers from the court's jurisdiction as "a stinging diplomatic rebuff."