United States (territorial jurisdiction)

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geopolitical area legal concept territorial jurisdiction

The United States (territorial jurisdiction) refers to the geographic and legal area over which the U.S. federal government and its agencies, including the Criminal Division, have authority to enforce national laws.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
United States (various jurisdictions) 1
United States and select non-U.S. territories 1
United States federal jurisdiction 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical area ⓘ
legal concept ⓘ
territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
appliesTo federal agencies acting within U.S. territory ⓘ
federal courts sitting within U.S. territory ⓘ
basisFor geographic reach of federal criminal statutes ⓘ
geographic reach of federal regulatory schemes ⓘ
constrainedBy constitutional limits on federal power ⓘ
principles of international law ⓘ
distinguishedFrom United States (sovereign nation-state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
individual U.S. state jurisdictions ⓘ
enables enforcement of federal civil laws ⓘ
prosecution of federal crimes ⓘ
governedBy United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
federal regulations ⓘ
federal statutes ⓘ
hasAspect geographic scope of federal power ⓘ
legal scope of federal power ⓘ
hasAuthorityExercisedBy Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
federal executive branch agencies ⓘ
hasComponent internal waters under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ
land territory under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ
territorial sea up to limits recognized by international law ⓘ
hasLegalEffectOn conduct occurring within U.S. territory ⓘ
persons within U.S. territory ⓘ
property located within U.S. territory ⓘ
includes 50 U.S. states ⓘ
District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. territorial sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S.-flag vessels in certain contexts ⓘ
U.S.-registered aircraft in certain contexts ⓘ
certain U.S. territories ⓘ
federal enclaves ⓘ
recognizedIn federal case law ⓘ
federal statutory definitions of “United States” ⓘ
relatedTo extraterritorial application of U.S. law ⓘ
federal criminal jurisdiction of the Criminal Division ⓘ
personal jurisdiction of federal courts ⓘ
subject-matter jurisdiction of federal courts ⓘ
scopeClarifiedBy Supreme Court interpretations of federal power ⓘ
federal jurisdictional statutes ⓘ
usedFor enforcement of federal law ⓘ
exercise of federal criminal jurisdiction ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Genius → bannedIn → United States (territorial jurisdiction) ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States (various jurisdictions)
Criminal Division → country → United States (territorial jurisdiction) ⓘ
Division I → geographicScope → United States (territorial jurisdiction) ⓘ
subject surface form: NCAA Division I
this entity surface form: United States and select non-U.S. territories
Rassmussen v. United States → jurisdiction → United States (territorial jurisdiction) ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal jurisdiction
United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas → representsInCourt → United States (territorial jurisdiction) ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit