The word 'jurisdictional' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to anything related to or falling within the authority or control of a particular jurisdiction (such as a government or court system). Example: The case was dismissed by the federal court due to lack of jurisdictional authority over the matter.
A third jurisdictional basis is known as protective-principal jurisdiction, which gives criminal jurisdiction over offenses committed against national interests.
Obscure as it might be, the issue of tribal court powers and Ms. Millich's jurisdictional black hole has become the last remaining controversy holding up Congress's broad reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act.
"Native women should not be abandoned to a jurisdictional loophole," Mr. Udall said.
Investors also bemoan the hefty cost of litigating jurisdictional issues.
They had noted that Mr Berlusconi's mansion is outside the city's jurisdictional boundaries, and argue that the prosecutors ought anyway to have referred the case to a special court that tries ministers.The second charge against Mr Berlusconi and the more serious one, since it carries a maximum sentence of 12 years relates to events on the night of May 27th-28th last year.
A handful of claims against DW are being pursued through a special tribunal set up under the DIFC, but jurisdictional disputes are blighting progress.Investment Corporation of Dubai is seen as the most solid of the three conglomerates.
The Soviet empire achieved jurisdictional integration, and the economic results were mixed, shall we say.
Whether jurisdictional integration serves the goal of good government rather depends.In one way, as Mr Wolf acknowledges, it militates against it, by suppressing regulatory competition—as when states compete to attract foreign investment.
After an appeal was rejected on December 5th, Cheung and four members of his gang were swiftly executed, raising plenty of questions about the territory's jurisdictional autonomy.Cheung had admitted to kidnapping a Hong Kong tycoon and the son of Li Ka-shing, the biggest tycoon of all.
The ban on multi-jurisdictional law firms means that foreign companies setting up shop in Brazil, or Brazilian ones buying or merging with foreign ones, must seek legal advice from separate Brazilian and foreign firms.
As the chance of wrongdoing being detected grows, so does the chance of the investigation being "messy and multi-jurisdictional", with several countries looking for redress, says Crispin Rapinet of Hogan Lovells, a law firm.The costs can keep coming in after a company has paid for an investigation and a settlement to prosecutors.
