司し法ほう権けん

noun

judicial power; jurisdiction

Refers to the authority of courts to interpret and apply the law, or the scope of that authority. Often used in legal and political contexts.

• 司し法ほう権けんは裁さい判ばん所しょに属ぞくする。

  Judicial power belongs to the courts.

• この事じ件けんは日本にほんの司し法ほう権けんの範はん囲い外がいだ。

  This case is outside the jurisdiction of Japanese courts.