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Territorial jnrisdiction

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Jurisdiction considered as limited to cases arising or persons residing within a defined territory, as, a county, a judicial district, etc. The authority of any court is limited by the boundaries thus fixed.

See Phillips v. Thralls, 26 Kan. 781.