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minimal diversity

minimal diversity : diversity of citizenship of the parties to a lawsuit in which at least one plaintiff is a resident from a state different from at least one defendant compare complete diversity NOTE: Diversity jurisdiction requires complete diversity. Statutory interpleader requires only minimal diversity between the claimants, however. ...


complete diversity

complete diversity : diversity of citizenship in which the citizenship of all the plaintiffs to an action differs from that of all the defendants see also diversity of citizenship diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare minimal diversity ...


diversity of citizenship

diversity of citizenship :a condition in which the parties to an action are of diverse state or national citizenship see also complete diversity diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction, minimal diversity Article III of the Constitution in the back matter ...


jurisdiction

jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) [to be removed to the State having of the crime "U.S. Constitution art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate claims (as counterclaims and cross-claims) because they arise from a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental jurisdiction acquired by a federal court allowing it to adjudicate claims that are based on state law but that form part of a case...


Minimal

Of pertaining to or having a character of a minim or minimum least smallest as a minimal amount or value...


Biological diversity

Biological diversity, 'biological diversity' means the variability among living organisms from all sources and the ecological complexes of which they are part, and includes diversity within species or between species and of eco-systems. [Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (18 of 2003), s. 2(b)]...


Minimization

The act or process of minimizing...


A comuni observantia non est recedendum et minime mutande sunt que certam interpretationem habent

A comuni observantia non est recedendum et minime mutande sunt que certam interpretationem habent. Common observance is not to be departed from, and things which have a certain meaning are to be changed as little as possible....


Minime mutanda sunt qu' certamhabent inter-pretationem

Minime mutanda sunt qu' certamhabent inter-pretationem. Co. Litt. 365.-(Things which have a certain interpretation are to be altered as little as possible.)...


diverse

diverse : differing from one another ;specif : differing in citizenship from another party to an action [a defendant] see also diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare nondiverse ...


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