supplemental jurisdiction
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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law.
Merriam-Webster.
1996.
- supplemental jurisdiction
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n.
The discretionary jurisdiction of a federal court to hear and decide matters that are related to claims already within the court’s original jurisdiction, such as claims that arise out of the same case or controversy as one already before the court or claims that add parties to the original parties.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
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