different between jurisdiction vs domestication

English

Etymology

From Latin i?risdicti?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?????s?d?k??n/, /d????s?d?k??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??????s?d?k??n/, /d??????s?d?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n
• Hyphenation: ju?ris?dic?tion

Noun

jurisdiction (countable and uncountable, plural jurisdictions)

1. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
2. The power or right to exercise authority.
3. The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
4. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
5. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

Synonyms

• (power or right to exercise authority): power
• (historical, UK): oyer and terminer, soc and sac

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• control

English

Etymology

domesticate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

domestication (countable and uncountable, plural domestications)

1. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
2. The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
3. (translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.

Translations

Anagrams

• ectinosomatid

French

Pronunciation

Noun

domestication f (plural domestications)

1. domestication

Related terms

• domestique
• domestiquer

Further reading

• “domestication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).