- of Command - Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a
commanding officer. - Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or
presence. - Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic
advantages; as, a commanding position.
- Bailiwick - The legal power, right, or authority of a particular
court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute
justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as,
certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are
within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the
limits of its authority or commission. - The authority of a sovereign power to govern or
legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of
exercising authority. - Sphere of authority; the limits within which any
particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a
court has authority.
- A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some
inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising
authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.