The terms of the agreement extended state civil and criminal jurisdiction to the settlement lands.

Shaw's work in extending the equity, jurisdiction, and powers of the court was especially important.

High court extended its jurisdiction to this area in 1974 and district and civil judges work here ever since.

We have from time to time solicited them to extend their jurisdiction over us, but to no effect.

Rejected Britain's suggestion to extend the commission's jurisdiction farther up the river.

In its court challenges, the city argued that extending the labor board's jurisdiction was a violation of home rule, the city's right to govern itself.

A state court is in a particularly awkward position when it extends its jurisdiction into the internal procedures of affairs demanding special expertise and experience.

The community thrived under the patronage of the government, and at once extended its jurisdiction to Mexican communities in Texas.

It extended its jurisdiction to cover all surface and subsurface activity within one hundred kilometers of the municipal pressure.

There is no point extending their jurisdiction.