##  [Jurisdictional Ambiguity](/index.php/jurisdictional-ambiguity) 

  ##  [Jurisdictional Ambiguity](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/jurisdictional-ambiguity-0) 

  

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Definition

A state in which legal or administrative authority boundaries are unclear between institutions, levels of government, or organizational units so that responsibility, decision rights, and enforceable duties for a given function are indeterminate or contestable.

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



 ##  [Jurisdictional Ambiguity](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/jurisdictional-ambiguity-1) 

  

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Definition

A state of uncertainty about which legal or administrative authority has competence, responsibility, or lawful power to act in a given place, over a given subject matter, or with respect to a particular population; operationally it denotes gaps or overlaps in assigned authority that can produce conflicting directives, enforcement gaps, or inaction.