iurisdictio Latin · revision 8181

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la iūs, la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [juː.rɪsˈdɪk.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ju.rizˈdik.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūrisdictiō''' ''f'' (genitive iūrisdictiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨iūris⟩, the genitive of [[iūs]] “law”, and [[dictiō]] “speaking, declaring”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Its parts are often written apart.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of the administration of justice.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the administration of justice, as in Cicero, and in Suetonius the authority to administer it, jurisdiction, and by transfer the power to decide.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In canon law it meant the power to govern the faithful.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a particular right and for a judicial district.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for jurisdiction, in Gascony high and low, and that of the Church.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''giurisdizione'' and French ''juridiction'', and through Old French it gave [[en|jurisdiction]] in the early 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of administering justice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of authority.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''jurisdiction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The administration of justice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Jurisdiction]]; power to decide.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A judicial [[m|en|district]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iūs]]

+ * [[dictiō]]

+ * [[en|jurisdiction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}