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<p><b>Jurisdiction</b> (from <a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a> <i>juris</i> 'law' and <i>dictio</i> 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the <a href="page.php?w=Right">legal authority</a> held by a <a href="page.php?w=legal_entity">legal entity</a> to enact <a href="page.php?w=justice">justice</a>. Jurisdiction is rarely claimed to be complete: rather it is limited for example by geography, subject matter, or other factor. It is only within the scope (inside the limits) of such jurisdiction that, for example, the parties to a dispute</p><p>
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