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Verdict vs Jurisdiction - What's the difference?

verdict | jurisdiction |

As nouns the difference between verdict and jurisdiction

is that verdict is (lb) a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest while jurisdiction is the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

verdict

English

(wikipedia verdict)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (lb) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty —is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability:it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
  • An opinion or judgement.
  • :

    • Derived terms

    * verdictive

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    jurisdiction

    English

    (wikipedia jurisdiction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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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    Synonyms

    * power

    See also

    * control