Adjectives for jurisdiction

Jurisdiction adjectives are listed in this post. Each word below can often be found in front of the noun jurisdiction in the same sentence. This reference page can help answer the question what are some adjectives commonly used for describing JURISDICTION.

absolute, acknowledged, actual, administrative, admiralty, american, ample, ancient, ancillary, appellate, applicable, appropriate, arbitrary, assumed, british, broad, broader, certain, chancery, chinese, civil, coercive, colonial, common, competent, complete, compulsory

concurrent, constitutional, consular, contentious, controlling, court, criminal, different, diocesan, direct, disciplinary, discretionary, domestic, ecclesiastical, effective, english, entire, episcopal, equal, equitable, exclusive, extended, extensive, external, extraordinary, extraterritorial, federal

feudal, final, foreign, formal, former, french, full, general, governmental, greater, hereditary, high, higher, highest, human, immediate, imperial, independent, inferior, inherent, internal, international, joint, judicial, larger, lawful, legal

legislative, legitimate, like, limited, local, maritime, metropolitan, military, more, much, municipal, national, necessary, new, official, only, ordinary, ordinate, original, other, own, papal, particular, patriarchal, peculiar, penal, personal

personam, plenary, political, present, primary, private, probate, proper, provincial, regular, regulatory, relevant, religious, rem, respective, rightful, roman, royal, same, secular, separate, similar, single, sole, sovereign, spanish, special

specific, spiritual, state, statutory, subordinate, such, summary, superior, supervisory, supplemental, supreme, taxing, temporal, territorial, tribal, ultimate, universal, unlimited, unwarrantable, usurped, whole, wide, wider

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