Example sentences of "with jurisdiction over " in BNC.

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1 By the Middle Ages , the town had become fortified and a royal court of justice , with jurisdiction over a wide area .
2 Many headmen regarded the establishment of police stations with jurisdiction over their localities as a challenge to their own authority .
3 This code included cardinals , patriarchs , archbishops and bishops , heads of ( male ) religious orders , and any other prelate with jurisdiction over a district of his own .
4 This decided to consider , at the next ( 45th ) session of the Assembly , the establishment of an international criminal court with jurisdiction over international drug-trafficking cases .
5 In due course , after the ties that bound nobles and peasants had been finally severed , they were to become elective Justices of the Peace with jurisdiction over all estates of the realm .
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