word-vault/dist/data/cards/ju/jurisdiction.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "jurisdiction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the authority that an official organization has to make legal decisions about somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "jurisdiction over somebody/somethingjurisdiction (of somebody/something) to do somethingwithin/outside somebody's jurisdiction",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants.",
                    "contextForm": "jurisdiction over somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Court of Appeal exercised its jurisdiction to order a review of the case.",
                    "contextForm": "jurisdiction (of somebody/something) to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These matters do not fall within our jurisdiction.",
                    "contextForm": "within/outside somebody's jurisdiction"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Senate committees have exclusive jurisdiction over the FBI."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is subject to the jurisdiction of the Indian courts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The British courts have universal jurisdiction over torture cases."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The court has no jurisdiction in this case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The matter is outside the jurisdiction of UK administrative agencies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The territory is still under Russian jurisdiction."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["limited", "universal", "exclusive"],
                "verb + jurisdiction": ["have", "retain", "exercise"],
                "preposition": [
                    "beyond your jurisdiction",
                    "outside your jurisdiction",
                    "under jurisdiction"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an area or a country in which a particular system of laws has authority",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Practice varies between different European jurisdictions."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["limited", "universal", "exclusive"],
                "verb + jurisdiction": ["have", "retain", "exercise"],
                "preposition": [
                    "beyond your jurisdiction",
                    "outside your jurisdiction",
                    "under jurisdiction"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "ju/jurisdiction/jurisdiction__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdʒʊrɪsˈdɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "ju/jurisdiction/jurisdiction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French jurediction, from Latin jurisdictio(n-), from jus, jur- ‘law’ + dictio ‘saying’ (from dicere ‘say’)."
}