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Lewis Short

jūris-dictĭo (noun F) : (in tmesi:
* Jurisque dictio,Liv. 41, 9; and separately: juris dictio), f.2. jus-dictio, administration of justice, jurisdiction.
* Lit.: jurisdictionem confeceram,Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3: absolvere, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1.
* Transf.
* Legal authority, jurisdiction, power: ut sub vestrum jus, jurisdictionem, potestatem urbes subjungeretis,Cic. Agr. 2, 36: libera,Suet. Calig. 16: praetorum,Gai. Inst. 1, 6.
* In gen., authority, control: quae ruant urbes, quae oriantur, jurisdictio mea est,it is mine to determine,Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 2; a place where justice was administered, an assize town (post-Aug.): mediterraneae jurisdictiones,Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 105.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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