jurisdiction
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Prediction markets like Kalshi say that event contracts are financial instruments subject to the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
But questions involving visas, border controls and security vetting ultimately remain under US jurisdiction rather than Fifa regulations.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
There, the jurisdiction had enhanced police enforcement, installed a speed feedback radar and conducted public outreach.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
She and her officers drove 50 miles out of their jurisdiction to conduct what she initially claimed were wellness checks of unaccompanied children in the Cincinnati Public Schools for ICE.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
That gave him not only oversight of Fermi’s reactor research at Columbia, for which the committee made a six-month appropriation of $340,000, but also jurisdiction over the spectrograph and plutonium projects at Lawrence’s Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing jurisdiction
The Declaration of Independence
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You Be the Judge: Jud, Jur, Jus
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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