jurisdiction
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The SEC also released a token taxonomy in March clarifying that it didn’t believe most crypto transactions fell under its jurisdiction.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
But, they’re committed on the high seas, so to the extent there’s jurisdiction at all, this falls under the authority of federal district court or federal military tribunals.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Beijing has also accused Washington of citing “even the flimsiest connection” such as the use of an American bank to assert jurisdiction over transactions that don’t primarily involve the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Local regulations, such as the one proposed by Lee, can vary widely by jurisdiction.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
That gave him not only oversight of Fermi’s reactor research at Columbia, for which the committee made a six-month appropriation of $340,000, but also jurisdiction over the spectrograph and plutonium projects at Lawrence’s Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing jurisdiction
The Declaration of Independence
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You Be the Judge: Jud, Jur, Jus
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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