jurisdictional

• Die Zuständigkeit oder Gerichtsbarkeit betreffend, also die offizielle Befugnis, rechtliche Entscheidungen zu treffen und Urteile zu fällen.

Relating to the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

1. Geographically limitedC1formal

   Constrained or limited to the specific geographic area that falls under the authority of a particular legal or administrative body.

   Territorial begrenzt

   • The court's power is jurisdictional and cannot extend beyond state lines.
   • These laws are jurisdictional, applying only within the city limits.
   • The agency's jurisdictional boundaries were clearly defined in the charter.

   Synonymelocalprovincialregionalterritorial

   Antonymeextraterritorialuniversalunlimited