jurisdiction
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Shaw has sidestepped concerns about immigration agents targeting schools as an issue outside of a school district’s jurisdiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
While most jurisdiction forbid medical help to die, assisted dying laws around the world vary.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
That person’s power is not under the jurisdiction of the courts in the same way as guardianship or conservatorship.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
In economic terms, political risk is the additional required return on an investment due to the possibility a sovereign jurisdiction may seize an asset or otherwise diminish its value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
My father paused as well, then continued, “The city is your jurisdiction, sir. But we’ll perform either way. It will either be here or just outside the city limits.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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Urquhart said the new incentive would help California compete with jurisdictions that already offer these credits and “level the playing field.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In a post explaining the shutdown, CoinEx cited “continuously rising regulatory requirements across major jurisdictions, as well as compliance costs” and other factors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Voluntary standards would primarily raise costs for participating laboratories, government rules could alter competition between companies and jurisdictions, and an enforceable industrywide agreement would have the broadest implications for chip demand and capital spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Some jurisdictions have opted not to renew contracts with Flock as a result of these concerns, including large metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, Seattle, and Austin, Texas.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
In Roman law jurisdictions the situation was, as we have seen, very different.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The Declaration of Independence
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