How to Use jurisdiction in a Sentence

jurisdiction

noun

• The matter falls outside the jurisdiction of this court.
• His attorney claimed the court lacked jurisdiction in this matter.
• The court has jurisdiction over most criminal offenses.
• He was arrested in another jurisdiction.
• That had to have added up to a hunk of money that was or will be added to the various jurisdictions’ coffers.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024
• The case was dismissed a few years later by a judge who cited the United States’ lack of jurisdiction.
  — Wil Sands, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
• The idea behind this treaty was to codify protections for the parts of the ocean not under any one country’s jurisdiction.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2023
• During oral arguments, the justices wrestled first with whether the court even had jurisdiction to intervene in the state case.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024
• Ukraine also technically does not adhere to the court, but has granted it jurisdiction amid the invasion.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
• Though Africatown wasn’t part of Smith’s jurisdiction, the young Black mayor felt a deep attachment to it.
  — Nick Tabor, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
• Metro wants jurisdictions in the DMV to crack down, and proposes tying it to the system's funding model.
  — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
• Law enforcement, after untangling questions of jurisdiction, conducts a search.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2023
• Two decades later, more than 90% of jurisdictions use electronic counting exclusively.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
• The abuse took place years ago in places where the U.S. has no jurisdiction.
  — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2018
• The next step in the case will be a hearing on the objections against the jurisdiction of the court.
  — Fox News, 7 Oct. 2022
• But British courts had no jurisdiction over the events in France.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• Booth said getting the two jurisdictions on the same page is key.
  — Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• The military stepped in to take jurisdiction over the case.
  — Lorraine Taylor, Fox News, 9 May 2022
• The southern-most point of Arpaio’s jurisdiction was 80 miles north of the border.
  — Jacques Billeaud, The Seattle Times, 31 Aug. 2017
• Miller said the bond amounts set in Holloway’s two cases are within the norm for the jurisdiction.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity, 26 Oct. 2017
• But the Supreme Court last year ruled that the court that convicted him lacked jurisdiction.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
• The courts therefore did not have jurisdiction to hear the union’s challenge, the appeals court found.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2021
• The city has a 10-year buildout plan to serve every home in its jurisdiction.
  — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2020
• They are used in more than 90% of election jurisdictions in the U.S. and all of Arizona's 15 counties.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
• Jenny gets a call from an old flame that leads her and Cassie into a new case in a new jurisdiction.
  — Katey Clifford, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2021
• Trump sought in 2023 to move the case from state to federal jurisdiction.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 July 2024
• But observers worry that the change in jurisdiction could be an ominous sign of things to come.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 11 Nov. 2020
• Although the fire was set in Yonkers, police there said the victim was killed out of their jurisdiction.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
• In some jurisdictions, changes to de minimis are more than just talk.
  — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2024
• Prizes must be claimed in the jurisdiction where the winning ticket was purchased.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024