Despite this important change in status, the jurisdiction, powers, and procedures of the court followed the pattern of its statutory predecessors.
It will be fascinating to see how well the program works, and whether other jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada follow suit.
The jurisdictions of these magistrates often follow the lines of the traditional counties but not always.
Different jurisdictions follow different sets of rules.
An agreement was reached in which local congregations could choose which jurisdiction to follow.
The District of Columbia, with Federal grants, established a pretrial testing program in 1984, but only a few other jurisdictions have followed suit.
And some lawyers fear that other jurisdictions may follow the example of Judge Wiseman.
Their jurisdictions follow the region borders.
Different jurisdictions follow different conventions on what is abbreviated or not.
Most North American jurisdictions have followed suit.