Jurisdiction Quotes
The American Southwest seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single shot.
Cruz Bustamante
I sighed and went back to my book, in which Morgoth nicked the eponymous jewels and had away with them back to Angbad. Sorry mate, I thought, not my jurisdiction. Did you have them insured? Whereupon Fëanor gets a crime number and a leaflet about being on guard against theft and the wiles of the personification of evil.
Ben Aaronovitch
Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you’re encouraging labor substitution and you’re going to go buy machines and automate things - or cause jobs to appear outside of that jurisdiction. And so within certain limits, you know, it does cause job destruction. If you really start pushing it, then you’re just making a huge trade-off.
Bill Gates
Our partner's sexuality does not belong to us. It isn't just for and about us, and we should not assume that it rightfully falls within our jurisdiction.
Esther Perel
I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.
Tony Abbott
Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.
Blaise Pascal