Dictionary entry
Jurisdiction
Pronunciation: /ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/
Pronunciation
/ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) တရားစီရင် ပိုင်ခွင့်။
Definition
jurisdiction / dʒƱǝrÇs'dÇkʃn / n [U] (က) တရားစီရင္ ပိုင္ခြင့္။ The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats. (ခ) စီရင္ပိုင္ခြင့္။ come within sb's jurisdiction ❍ be beyond/ fall outside sb's jurisdiction.
Examples
- [have jurisdiction over someone/something] : This court does not have jurisdiction over crimes committed in another state.
- [have the/no jurisdiction to do something] : The High Court has no jurisdiction to hear the appeal.
- [within/outside someone’s jurisdiction] : A crime which is outside the jurisdiction of the British legal system
- The system is used in several European jurisdictions
- for example
- Germany and Holland.