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Jurisdiction is the [[power]] or authority of a court to hear and try a case; the geographic area in which a court has power, or the types of cases it has power to hear. [[category:legal terms]]
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'''Jurisdiction''' is the [[power]] or authority of a court to hear and try a case; the geographic area in which a court has power, or the types of cases it has power to hear.  
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Explained another way, '''jurisdiction''' is the legal authority of a [[court]] to hear and decide a certain type of case. It also is used as a synonym for [[venue]], meaning the geographic area over which the [[court]] has territorial jurisdiction to decide cases.
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[[category:legal terms]]
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