jurisdiction
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.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What jurisdiction is.
Definition
Definition and senses.
Definition
Definition.
- What is jurisdiction as a territory and as a legal power, and how does it differ from sovereignty and venue? definition
- Is the question about a territorial jurisdiction, a legal power, an ecclesiastical territory or a personal legal problem? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are territorial, subject-matter, personal, universal and extraterritorial jurisdiction? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Law Law in practice.
Conflicts
Conflicts of jurisdiction.
Conflicts
Conflicts.
- How are conflicts of jurisdiction between courts and states resolved, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own case, which needs a lawyer? boundary
Online
Online and cross-border.
Online
Online.
- How does jurisdiction apply to the internet and cross-border activity, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Church Ecclesiastical jurisdictions.
Dioceses
Dioceses and abbacies.
Dioceses
Dioceses.
- What are dioceses, archdioceses, archdeaconries and abbacies, and how are they governed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Historical
Historical polities.
Historical
Historical.
- What were bailiwicks and caliphates as jurisdictions, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific polity? action
Context Context.
Divisions
Administrative divisions.
Divisions
Divisions.
- How do jurisdictions relate to administrative divisions and federal systems? provenance
- Which entry fits administrative division? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the concept of jurisdiction develop in Roman, canon and common law? provenance
- Which entry fits legal history? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.location
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.PLC
- Facets: substance
- place
- Facets: origin
- natural
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- fixed
- Facets: scale
- geographic
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- abbacy, archbishopric, archdeaconry, bailiwick, caliphate, archdiocese, diocese, bishopric, episcopate, eparchy, exarchate, justiciary
What it is Filled
In law, the territory within which a power or authority can be exercised, in the WordNet sense that covers the areas of courts, governments and officials as well as ecclesiastical territories such as an abbacy, archdiocese, archbishopric or 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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Territorial scope
- Legal power
- Secular and ecclesiastical kinds
- Conflict rules
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Apply the law of one jurisdiction to another.
- Present a contested territorial claim as settled jurisdiction.
- Help a person evade the jurisdiction of a court or authority that lawfully applies.
Only with a human decision
- Choosing a jurisdiction for filing a legal claim or registering an entity.
May
- State which court, government or church authority covers a given territory, citing the source.
- Flag when a question depends on the law of a particular jurisdiction.
Moral aspects Filled
- Jurisdiction decides which rights and remedies a person has.
- Disputed jurisdictions affect people living in contested territories.
Who is affected
- People subject to the authority
- Parties to legal disputes
Owners Filled
Steward
The state, court or church body that exercises the authority.
Master systems
- Official gazettes
- Court and diocesan registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-08569713-n - registry parent class
related
- territory - in general terms
- court - and governments
- diocese - as an ecclesiastical jurisdiction
- sovereignty - supreme authority
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.jurisdiction
- Open English WordNet: oewn-08607925-n
- WordNet: oewn-08569713-n in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
Direct properties required Filled
- Territorial area: km2 - Calculated from authoritative territorial boundary data with the treatment of inland and maritime waters stated.
- Boundary length: km - Measured along the legally defined territorial boundary using a stated map scale and geodetic reference system.
Recognition required Filled
- Territory or scope of legal authority
- Court jurisdictions, abbacy, archdiocese, archbishopric, archdeaconry, bailiwick, caliphate
- Sovereignty is supreme authority; venue is the place of trial; an administrative division may not be a jurisdiction
- Not a visible object; a legal area of authority.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the senses
- relay kinds
- describe conflicts in general
- distinguish related terms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents giving personal legal advice
- Confusing jurisdiction with venue or sovereignty
- Treating historical religious polities as current jurisdictions
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Constitutional and procedural law on jurisdiction
- Private international law and conventions such as the Hague and Brussels regimes
- Canon law for ecclesiastical jurisdictions
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a legal concept.
- territorial jurisdictions of states, courts and police
- subject-matter and personal jurisdiction as legal powers
- ecclesiastical jurisdictions such as dioceses, archdioceses, archdeaconries and abbacies
- historical jurisdictions such as bailiwicks
- religious polities such as historical caliphates
- universal and extraterritorial jurisdiction
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-08607925-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: jurisdiction - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should personal jurisdiction and ecclesiastical jurisdiction be separate entries?
- How should legal sources be linked?
- The registry alias list mixes ecclesiastical territories and a historical polity; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-jurisdiction/spec.json