Jurisdiction
121Limited jurisdiction — Limited jurisdiction, or special jurisdiction, is the courts jurisdiction only on certain types of cases such as bankruptcy, family matters, etc. [1] The courts of limited jurisdiction, as opposed to general jurisdiction, are courts whose power… …
122Ancillary jurisdiction — allows a federal court to hear certain claims sufficiently related to the original claim that would otherwise defeat the court s jurisdiction. Whereas pendent jurisdiction allows a federal court to hear state claims sufficiently related to an… …
123Pendent jurisdiction — is the authority of a United States federal court to hear a closely related state law claim against a party already facing a federal claim, described by Justice Antonin Scalia as jurisdiction over nonfederal claims between parties litigating… …
124Quasi in rem jurisdiction — Quasi in rem (Latin, as if against a thing ) is a legal term referring to a legal action based on property rights of a person absent from the jurisdiction.A quasi in rem action is commonly used when jurisdiction over the defendant is unobtainable …
125Supplemental jurisdiction — is the authority of United States federal courts to hear additional claims substantially related to the original claim even though the court would lack the subject matter jurisdiction to hear the additional claims independently. usc|28|1367 is a… …
126Pendent party jurisdiction — In the United States federal courts, pendent party jurisdiction refers to a court s power to adjudicate a claim against a party whom would otherwise not be subject to the jurisdiction of the federal courts, because the claim arose from a common… …
127diversity jurisdiction — see jurisdiction Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. diversity jurisdiction …
128Extraterritorial jurisdiction — or ETJ is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries.Any authority can of course claim ETJ over any external territory they wish. But for the claim to be effective in the external territory (except by the …
