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To: zonder who wrote (4490)	2/21/2003 4:05:51 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 15987

I meant you questioning how they can possibly judge Sharon. "How" in the sense of "under what international legal authority". And to be very clear on my POV, I really dont care if its Sharon or Arafat or Chirac or Bush or... I am questioning their jurisdiction which the dictionary describes at dictionary.reference.com as follows: jurisdiction \Ju`ris*dic"tion\, n. [L. jurisdictio; jus, juris, right, law + dictio a saying, speaking: cf. OF. jurisdiction, F. juridiction. See Just, a., and Diction.] 1. (Law) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission. 2. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority. 3. Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority. Note: Jurisdiction, in its most general sense, is the power to make, declare, or apply the law. When confined to the judiciary department, it is what we denominate the judicial power, the right of administering justice through the laws, by the means which the laws have provided for that purpose. Jurisdiction is limited to place or territory, to persons, or to particular subjects. --Duponceau.