jurisdictional

1. 1.

   restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction

   “the jurisdictional limits of a state”

   Similarterritorial

Questions about jurisdictional

What does jurisdictional mean?

jurisdictional means "restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction".

How many syllables are in jurisdictional?

jurisdictional has 5 syllables: jur-is-dic-tio-nal. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /ˌdʒʊɹəsˈdɪkʃənəl/.

Is jurisdictional a common word?

jurisdictional is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.