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Jurisdiction (from
Latin juris 'law' +
dictio 'speech' or 'declaration') is the
legal term for the
legal authority granted to a
legal entity to
enact justice...
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Universal jurisdiction is a
legal principle that
allows states or
international organizations to
prosecute individuals for
serious crimes, such as genocide...
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legal systems,
original jurisdiction of a
court is the
power to hear a case for the
first time, as
opposed to
appellate jurisdiction, when a
higher court...
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jurisdiction is an area with a set of laws and
under the
control of a
system of
courts or
government entity that is
different from
neighbouring areas...
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Personal jurisdiction is a court's
jurisdiction over the parties, as
determined by the
facts in evidence,
which bind the
parties to a lawsuit, as opposed...
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Heritable jurisdictions were, in the law of Scotland,
grants of
jurisdiction made to a man and his heirs. They were a
common accompaniment to
feudal tenures...
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concurrent jurisdiction (or non-exclusive
jurisdiction) in
which more than one
court may take
jurisdiction over the case.
Exclusive jurisdiction is typically...
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Concurrent jurisdiction exists where two or more
courts from
different systems simultaneously have
jurisdiction over a
specific case. In the
United States...
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Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is
jurisdiction by
church leaders over
other church leaders and over the laity.
Jurisdiction is a word
borrowed from the legal...
- In law, in rem
jurisdiction (Law
Latin for "power
about or
against 'the thing'") is a
legal term
referring to the
power a
court may
exercise over property...
