What is CRIMINAL JURISDICTION? Definition of CRIMINAL JURISDICTION in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
That which exists for the trial and punishment of criminal offenses; the authority by which judicial officers take cognizance of and decide criminal cases. Ellison v. State, 125 Ind. 492, 24 N.E. 739; In re City of Buffalo, 139 N.Y. 422, 34 N.E. 1103.
Criminal law
That branch or division of law which treats of crimes and their punishments. In the plural— "criminal laws"—the term may denote the laws which define and prohibit the various species of crimes and establish their punishments. U. S. v. Reisinger, 128 U.S. 398, 9 S.Ct. 99, 32 L.Ed. 480; Washington v. Dowling, 92 Fla. 601, 109 So. 588, 591.
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