provincial jurisdiction

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provincial
adjective
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/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or ...
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jurisdiction
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdʒʊə.rɪsˈdɪk.ʃən/us
/ˌdʒʊr.ɪsˈdɪk.ʃən/
the authority of a court or official organization to make decisions and ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandjurisdictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Home care therefore continues to be subject to no national standards and to exist as an unmandated and ambiguous arena ofprovincialjurisdiction.
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County councils were abolished with the rural areas outside cities, towns and villages coming under directprovincialjurisdiction.
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In his opinion, that financial arrangement was a purely local matter and therefore would be withinprovincialjurisdiction.
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County councils were abolished, and the rural areas came under directprovincialjurisdiction.
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Provincialjurisdictionover property and civil rights embraces all private law transactions, which includes virtually all commercial transactions.
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Accordingly, property within the province was a valid matter ofprovincialjurisdiction, even though it had an incidental effect on religion.
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Education is withinprovincialjurisdictionand the curriculum is overseen by the province.
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It is only during the period of occupation that theprovincialjurisdictionis overridden.
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These 782 municipalities are local government creatures ofprovincialjurisdictionwith natural persons power.
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However, so long as education remained an exclusivelyprovincialjurisdiction, the federal government had limited powers to intervene.
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Instead, wild horses are protected throughprovincialjurisdiction.
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The old 11.6 km section of road that it replaced passed intoprovincialjurisdiction.
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Since the bylaw was, in pith and substance, about the regulation of aeronautics, it fell outsideprovincialjurisdiction.
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Therefore, legislative power over trade secrets is of exclusiveprovincialjurisdiction.
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Parliament can not enter the normally forbidden area ofprovincialjurisdictionunless it gives an unmistakable signal that it is acting pursuant to its extraordinary power.
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Though criticized for imposing federal priorities onprovincialjurisdiction, provincial governments were left with no option other than to meet the federal provisions or forgo supplementary funding altogether.
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This case expressly left undecided the question as to the extent of the federal power to negotiate, sign and ratify treaties that deal with areas falling withinprovincialjurisdiction.
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Offenders who receive sentences of less than two years or who receive community sentences such as fines, community service work or probation are underprovincialjurisdiction.
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Shared sectors include agriculture and immigration, but most are either entirely within federal jurisdiction, such as foreign affairs and telecommunications, or entirely withinprovincialjurisdiction, such as education and healthcare.
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