He avowed his faithfulness to the pope and his resolution to defend the jurisdictional rights of the Catholic Church in Malta.

The controversy also involved Eastern and Western ecclesiastical jurisdictional rights in the Bulgarian church.

Thus, Federal attorneys and district attorneys have often clashed over jurisdictional rights for cases destined to be heavily publicized.

"That gives me the jurisdictional right to hold him for questioning, Captain."

Over these burgesses the lords could claim jurisdictional rights, and these were in some cases increased by royal grants of special rights within certain sokes.

They are unable to interview or charge any of these individuals because they lack jurisdictional rights.

Spain said it would exercise all of its jurisdictional rights in the event that the find is part of Spain's heritage.

This decisively strengthened the position of the bishop because already three years before he had received jurisdictional and commercial rights and other taxes.

Burghs of regality possessed higher jurisdictional rights in liberam regalitatem, amounting to complete criminal jurisdiction except for treason.

The controversy also involved ecclesiastical jurisdictional rights in the Bulgarian church, as well as a doctrinal dispute over the Filioque ("and from the Son") clause.