Jurisdiction (area)

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For an article concerning the powers of courts and public authority see, Jurisdiction.

A jurisdiction is an area with a set of laws under the control of a system of courts or government entity which are different to neighbouring areas.¹ Unitary states usually form single jurisdictions, whilst each state in a federal state forms a separate jurisdiction. However sometimes certain laws in a federal state are uniform across the constituent states and enforced by a set of federal courts; with a result that the federal state forms a single jurisdiction for that purpose.

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^ For examples of usage of the word jurisdiction in this context, please see:
"State Corporate Admission Rules: Nevada: Rule 5.5 MJP/UPL Current". Association of Corporate Counsel. http://www.acc.com/advocacy/keyissues/mjp/NV.cfm. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
"2010 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct: RULE 5.5 Unauthorized Practice of law
Multijurisdictional Practice of Law". Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. https://www.iardc.org/2010%20Rule%205.5.htm. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
"Canada (Common Law Jurisdictions)". Declining Jurisdiction in Private International Law: Reports to the XIVth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (Athens). August 1994. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59311220. Retrieved 23 August 2010.

Acheson, Nicholas V.; Williamson, Arthur P. (January 2007). "Civil society in multi-level public policy: the case of Ireland's two jurisdictions". Policy & Politics (Policy Press) 35 (1): 25. doi:10.1332/030557307779657711. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/2007/00000035/00000001/art00002. Retrieved 23 August 2010.

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[0] For examples of usage of the word jurisdiction in this context, please see:
"State Corporate Admission Rules: Nevada: Rule 5.5 MJP/UPL Current". Association of Corporate Counsel. http://www.acc.com/advocacy/keyissues/mjp/NV.cfm. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
"2010 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct: RULE 5.5 Unauthorized Practice of law
Multijurisdictional Practice of Law". Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. https://www.iardc.org/2010%20Rule%205.5.htm. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
"Canada (Common Law Jurisdictions)". Declining Jurisdiction in Private International Law: Reports to the XIVth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (Athens). August 1994. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59311220. Retrieved 23 August 2010.

Acheson, Nicholas V.; Williamson, Arthur P. (January 2007). "Civil society in multi-level public policy: the case of Ireland's two jurisdictions". Policy & Politics (Policy Press) 35 (1): 25. doi:10.1332/030557307779657711. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/2007/00000035/00000001/art00002. Retrieved 23 August 2010.

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