Venezuela claimed jurisdiction on the ground that three of the four defendants were Venezuelan.

Nor did the situation in Congress, with five committee chairmen claiming jurisdiction, make for clarity.

It claimed exclusive jurisdiction in these matters, but many exceptions occurred.

The agency claims jurisdiction over all devices "intended" to affect the body.

This would be a country claiming universal jurisdiction in genocide cases.

It is the idea that a state may claim jurisdiction over persons and events inside its own territory.

The forest is a dark place, the border to many kingdoms; no one would be foolish enough to claim jurisdiction over it.

The church claims jurisdiction of about twenty living monasteries, with more than 100 monks.

Because the case involved the crossing of state lines, the federal authorities claimed jurisdiction.

Federal authorities claimed jurisdiction because the crime crossed state lines.