state environmental jurisdiction(Consequently, as the Ninth Circuit has noted, an absence of state environmental jurisdiction "does not leave a vacuum in which [pollutants] go unregulated. | Couple that definition with Indiana's statutory exclusion of "a private pond" from state environmental jurisdiction and even the normally complacent U.S. ... Alexander Demidov)
jurisdiction(She acted beyond the jurisdiction of any teacher. The matter is outside the jurisdiction of UK administrative agencies. The matter was not within the jurisdiction of the court. OCD Alexander Demidov)
mandate(As part of a recent drive to reverse the decline – highlighted by Vladivostok's hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum in September – the Kremlin has sought to create a series of new state organizations with a strictly regional mandate. TMT Alexander Demidov)