What does "jurisdictional" mean?

Of or pertaining to jurisdiction.

What is a synonym for "jurisdictional"?

Common synonyms include: judicial, judiciary, juridical, territorial.

Jurisdictional

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to jurisdiction.

Adjective

1
restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction wordnet

Synonyms

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judicial judiciary juridical territorial

Example

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"Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty."

Etymology

From jurisdiction + -al.

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