| Main Entry: | jurisdiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of authority |
Synonyms: |
administration, arbitration, area, authority, bailiwick, bounds, circuit, command, commission, compass, confines, control, discretion, district, domination, dominion, empire, extent, field, hegemony, influence, inquisition, judicature, limits, magistracy, might, orbit, power, prerogative, province, purview, range, reach, reign, right, rule, say, scope, slot, sovereignty, sphere, stomping grounds, supervision, sway, territory, turf*, zone |
| Concept: | Jurisdiction. [Executive.] |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
jurisdiction, judicature, administration of justice, soc; executive, commission of the peace; magistracy (authority)., judge; tribunal; municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty; lord lieutenant, sheriff, shrieve, constable; selectman; police, police force; constabulary, bumbledom., officer, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle; policeman, police constable, police sergeant; sbirro, alguazil, gendarme, kavass, lictor, mace bearer, huissier, bedel; tithingman., press gang; exciseman, gauger, gager, customhouse officer, douanier., coroner, edile, aedile, portreeve, paritor; posse comitatus., bureau, cutcherry, department, secretariat.
-verbs
judge, sit in judgment.
-adjectives
executive, administrative, municipal; inquisitorial, causidical; judicatory, judiciary, judicial; juridical.
-adverbs
coram judice.
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| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of an organization or effort |
Synonyms: |
administering, agency, application, authority, charge, command, conduct, conducting, control, directing, direction, dispensation, disposition, distribution, enforcement, execution, governing, government, guidance, handling, jurisdiction, legislation, order, organization, overseeing, oversight, performance, policy, power, provision, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, surveillance |
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, control |
Synonyms: |
ascendancy, authorization, beef, charge, clout*, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, influence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, leg up, license, mastery, might, might and main, permission, permit, pizzazz*, pow, powerhouse, prerogative, prestige, punch, right, ropes, rule, say, say-so, steam, strength, strong arm, stuff*, supremacy, sway, upper hand, warrant, weight, what it takes, whip hand, word, zap |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule, power |
Synonyms: |
ability, absolutism, aplomb, authority, authorization, charge, coercion, compulsion, constraint, control, despotism, domination, dominion, expertise, expertism, expertness, government, grasp, grip, hold, jurisdiction, know-how, leadership, management, might, prerogative, primacy, restraint, right, royalty, skill, sovereignty, strings, supervision, supremacy, sway, tyranny, upper hand |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
subordination |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, mastery |
Synonyms: |
ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, driver's seat, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualification, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand, weight, wire pulling |
Antonyms: |
helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of interest, expertise |
Synonyms: |
activity, administration, assignment, avocation, bailiwick, berth, bureau, business, capacity, class, classification, domain, dominion, duty, field, function, incumbency, jurisdiction, line, niche, occupation, office, province, realm, responsibility, slot, specialty, sphere, spot, station, vocation, walk of life, wing |
| Main Entry: | domain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of expertise, rule |
Synonyms: |
authority, bailiwick, concern, demesne, department, discipline, district, dominion, empire, estate, field, home park, jurisdiction, land, neck of the woods, occupation, orbit*, power, province, quarter, realm, region, scope, slot, specialty, sphere, stomping grounds, terrain, territory, turf, walk, wing |
| Main Entry: | domination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control; subjection |
Synonyms: |
ascendancy, authority, command, despotism, dictatorship, dominance, dominion, influence, jurisdiction, might, oppression, power, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, repression, rule, sovereignty, strings, subordination, superiority, suppression, supremacy, sway, tyranny |
Antonyms: |
following, submission, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | dominion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule; authority |
Synonyms: |
ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, demesne, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, enclave, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, stomping grounds, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk |
Antonyms: |
outside |