- 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.
- supreme power - The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his
or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who
is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc. - Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds
jurisdiction; a manor. - Dominion; power; authority.
- All-powerful - Extremely strong! - Heard my tea was very strong - Powerful - Powerful or strong - Possessing might; having great power or authority. - Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
- Partnership in power; equal share of authority. - The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by
furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate
concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall
receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit;
maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in
suit. See Maintenance.
- Administration - Authority - Bureaucracy - Powers that be - Regime - The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the
administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
church, or family government. - The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state;
the established form of law.