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were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction. Encyc. Brit.

court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.

t Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. -- Vice admiralty, the office of a vice admiral. -- Vice-admiralty court, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond…

The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount. Sir B. Burke.

cape (Law), the escape of a prisoner by the express consent of the sheriff. -- Voluntary jurisdiction. (Eng. Eccl. Law) See Contentious jurisdiction, under Contentious. -- Voluntary waste. (Law) See Waste, n., 4.

The office or jurisdiction of a warden.

The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.

otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. Burrill.

The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar. [Written also zemindary, zemindari.]