Jurisdiction
JURISDICTION - A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of and decide causes according to law and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
JURISDICTION: SAIF-CD Jurisdiction is the delineation of the boundary conditions of the scope of authority of a party. The boundary is determined by a geographical area and a subject matter or policy scope. Parties have jurisdiction within a particular scope of authority which may be delegated from another party with a higher authority. The relationships between jurisdictions may be implicit or may be codified in regulations or policy. An interoperating community has a jurisdiction of its own that is specified by contract of the agreeing participants.
Figure 6: Governance Framework
