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Jurisdictional Amount

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

jurisdictional amount


: the amount or value that a matter in controversy must exceed in order for the federal courts to have diversity jurisdiction NOTE: The jurisdictional amount is set by statute and is currently $50,000.




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