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archdeaconry, and historical and religious polities such as a bailiwick or a caliphate; jurisdiction also names the legal power itself, in forms such as subject-matter, personal and territorial jurisdiction.","purpose":"Let an agent explain jurisdiction as a territory and as a legal power, relay the kinds of jurisdiction from legal and ecclesiastical sources, describe conflicts and cross-border questions in general, and distinguish jurisdiction from sovereignty, venue and administrative divisions.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Territorial scope","Legal power","Secular and ecclesiastical kinds","Conflict rules"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What jurisdiction is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and senses.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is jurisdiction as a territory and as 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