Jurisdictive
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 jurisdictional not-comparable
"to ecclesiastical censure no jurisdictive power can be added, without a childish and dangerous oversight in policy"
Example
More examples"to ecclesiastical censure no jurisdictive power can be added, without a childish and dangerous oversight in policy"
Etymology
From jurisdict(ion) + -ive, on analogy of administration, administrative, and the like. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that adjectives in -ive are properly formed on verbs and that there is no Latin *jūrisdīcere.
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