English Explanatory Dictionary

jurisdictive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. jurisdictional

Word forms

jurisdictive

Etymology

From jurisdict(ion) + -ive, on analogy of administration, administrative, and the like. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that adjectives in -ive are properly formed on verbs and that there is no Latin *jūrisdīcere.

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