ambit
- n an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
the ambit of municipal legislation
- Don't forget I am the constitution's custodian: as long as it is there, I am going to pull everyone within its ambit.
- Murray, founder of Cato, was the one man in the ambit to say no when the Kochs decided to jettison Mises for reasons of DC preferment.
- Lawyers for the six convicted aid workers said they'd file for an appeal but legal experts believe that given the narrow ambit left to the court under the judicial accords .