jurisdictive
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From jurisdict(ion) + -ive,[1] on analogy of administration, administrative, and the like. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that adjectives in -ive are properly formed on verbs and that there is no Latin *jūrisdīcere.[2]
Adjective
[edit]jurisdictive (not comparable)
- jurisdictional
- 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC:
- to ecclesiastical censure no jurisdictive power can be added, without a childish and dangerous oversight in policy
References
[edit]- ^ “jurisdictive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Jurisdictive”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635, column 3.