Adjudication vs Jurisdiction - What's the difference?
adjudication | jurisdiction |
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
A judgment or sentence.
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* 2007 , Houston Chronicle (6/17/2007)
(legal) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(legal, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
The power or right to exercise authority.
The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
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As nouns the difference between adjudication and jurisdiction
is that adjudication is the act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement while jurisdiction is the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.adjudication
English
(wikipedia adjudication)Noun
(en noun)- An adjudication in favour of natural rights.
- [Mr. C.] says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. [Mr. C.] had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor.
- (Abbott)
jurisdiction
English
(wikipedia jurisdiction)Noun
(en noun)T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them