Which best defines the term "jurisdiction"

A. the authority given to the judicial branch

B. The decisions made by the judicial branch

C. The structure used to create the judicial branch

D. The courts included in the judicial branch

A. the authority given to the judicial branch. The word jurisidiction means the legal power to make a judgement. The word also states who has power at each level of the government system between local, county, state, and federal level. The judicial branch has many levels of courts and jurisdiction determines which court would listen to which cases dependent on crime and level of case.