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Jurisdietio est potestas de publico introducta, cum necessitate juris dicendi

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Jurisdiction is a power introduced for the public good, on account of the necessity of dispensing justice. 10 Coke, 73a.