Jurisdiction in example sentence

Maybe you've got a claim in small claims court for your lost pair of pants for $100, but not in a court of general jurisdiction for millions of dollars.

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Unfortunately, the World Heritage Convention does not recognize the need to protect areas beyond national jurisdiction, at present.

So with that, I would just like to sincerely thank and honor Sylvia Earle for her wish, for it is helping us to put a face on the high seas and the deep seas beyond national jurisdiction.

Or they're responding to requests and concerns by governments that have no jurisdiction over many, or most, of the users and viewers who are interacting with the content in question.

They were unbelievably expensive to administer, they were time-consuming, they were limited to the local jurisdiction in which they'd been created.

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