Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies, such as administrative agencies.
The Western powers gave their missionaries in China protection on the strength of the consular jurisdiction they enjoyed.
Known as the "firewall letter", it urged Ralph Klein, then the premier, to build barriers to keep the federal government from encroaching on provincial jurisdiction.
The length, breadth, and documentation vary depending on the pathogen involved, the type of food, the number of persons who may be sick, the local jurisdiction, and other factors.
It has appellate jurisdiction in stamp duty appeals and in its family jurisdiction decides divorce, adoption and custody matters.
You are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.
An internal private cloud allows you to store and get data from known locations in a specific jurisdiction (like the United States or Canada).
Removing a child from the jurisdiction of the Court and from the access of your ex-spouse is not a good idea as it could involve you in expensive litigation.
The emblem of a shepherd's watchfulness over his flock, and denotes episcopal jurisdiction and authority.
The high court, on which Garzón sits, has more leeway than the German prosecutor to seek "universal jurisdiction".
The courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall have jurisdiction over all cases in the Region, except that the restrictions on their jurisdiction imposed by the legal system and principles previously in force in Hong Kong shall be maintained.
When the richer party has assets in that jurisdiction, a fair fight is possible.
In 1982 the Supreme Court ruled that people who had entered America illegally also met the "subject to the jurisdiction" standard.
The area under an archbishop's jurisdiction;an archdiocese.
The UN report came in the same week the European oil giant admitted liability for the first time under British jurisdiction for two big leaks in the delta.
In 1945, though, the United States unilaterally claimed jurisdiction over the natural resources of its continental shelf.
In addition to these principal courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction, there are five tribunals.
Because there is no international court with the jurisdiction to try pirates, they are prosecuted in the domestic courts of whatever nation seizes them.
A judge who has criminal jurisdiction in a city.
This Contract shall be governed by the laws of Hong Kong and both the Seller and the Buyer irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the Courts in Hong Kong.
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