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Home Dictionary Name: jurisdictionalJurisdictional fact
Jurisdictional fact, is a fact which must exist before a court, tribunal or an Authority assumes jurisdiction over a particular matter. Jurisdictional fact is one on existence or non-existence of which depends jurisdiction of a court, a tribunal or authority. It is a fact upon which an administrative agency's power to act depends, Arunkumar v. Union of India, (2006) 12 JT 121: (2006) 9 SCALE 320: (2006) 7 Supreme 607.Jurisdictional fact, is one on existence or non-existence of which depends assumption or refusal to assume jurisdiction by a Court, Tribunal or an authority. It can explain as a fact which must exist before a court can properly assume jurisdiction of a particular case, Shrisht Dhawan v. Shaw Brothers, AIR 1992 SC 1555 (1563): (1992) 1 SCC 534...
Jurisdictional Servitude
Jurisdictional Servitude, a phrase which implies that the court (Supreme Court) is bound by its own jurisdictional limits. 'The bench, with all its limits to breakthrough, is bound by a jurisdictional servitude' [Shiv Mohan Singh v. State of Delhi, AIR 1977 SC 949 (953), para 15]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
jurisdictional amount
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. ...
jurisdictional strike
jurisdictional strike see strike ...
Jurisdictional
Of or pertaining to jurisdiction as jurisdictional rights...
Concurrent jurisdictions
Concurrent jurisdictions, the jurisdiction of several different tribunals, both authorized to deal with the same subject-matter at the choice of the suitor. Inequity, the jurisdiction was concurrent where no complete relief was obtainable at law. It was exercised in order to avoid circuity of action or multiplicity of suits. See UNSOUND MIND....
Jurisdictional limits
Jurisdictional limits, means the geographic bound-aries or the constitutional or statutory limits within which a court's authority may be exercised, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 857...
chattel
chattel [Old French chatel goods, property, from Medieval Latin capitale, from neuter of capitalis chief, principal see capital ] : an item of tangible or intangible personal property ;esp : chattel personal in this entry NOTE: In some jurisdictions the term chattel is restricted to items of tangible and movable personal property. Other jurisdictions also classify intangible assets and property items as chattels. chattel personal pl: chattels personal : an item of tangible movable personal property (as livestock or an automobile) that is not permanently connected with real estate chattel real pl: chattels real : an interest (as a leasehold or profit a prendre) in an item of immovable property (as land or a building) that is less than a freehold estate compare fixture NOTE: Interests that are considered chattels real have been treated by the common law as personal property despite being interests in real property. ...
conflict of laws
conflict of laws :opposition or conflict between the applicable laws of different states or jurisdictions regarding the rights of the parties in a case ;also : a branch of law that deals with the resolution of such conflict and the determination of the law applicable to cases in which the laws of different jurisdictions are asserted ...
social guest
social guest : a person who comes onto the property of another on a social basis NOTE: A social guest can be either a licensee or an invitee. Some jurisdictions make no distinction, in effect categorizing all social guests as invitees, which means that the property owner is required to exercise due care in guarding or warning any social guest against injury. In other jurisdictions a social guest may be categorized as a licensee, in which case the property owner has a duty only to refrain from willfully or recklessly injuring or endangering the guest. ...
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