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minimum contacts : the level of a nonresident defendant's connection with or activity in a state that is sufficient under due process to support the assertion of personal jurisdiction under a long-arm statute see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section NOTE: In most cases, minimum contacts are shown by continuous and purposeful contact with the state usually for business purposes. Once the minimum contacts requirement is met, the court must determine that the contacts are sufficient so that the assertion of jurisdiction will not offend the traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. ...
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...
fair play and substantial justice
fair play and substantial justice : a requirement or standard of fairness which a court's assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant must meet in order to avoid a violation of the defendant's right to due process see also minimum contacts International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section NOTE: In International Shoe Co. v. Washington, the Supreme Court held that in order for a state court to exercise jurisdiction over a defendant whose residence is elsewhere, the court must establish that the defendant has such minimum contacts with the state that the exercise of jurisdiction over the defendant does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. Among the factors used to make this determination are the difficulty for the defendant of appearing in the court, the state's interest in deciding the case, and the plaintiff's interest in the convenience of the court and the effectiveness of the relief to be obtained there. ...
doing business statute
doing business statute : a state long-arm statute that creates personal jurisdiction over companies establishing minimum contacts by doing business in that state ...
long-arm statute
long-arm statute : a state statute allowing for the assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant who has some connection (as ownership or use of property, transaction of business, or commission of a tort) with the state called also single-act statute see also doing business statute, minimum contacts ...
territoriality
territoriality 1 : territorial status 2 : the jurisdiction of a sovereign state over matters within the limits of its territory esp. as exercisable apart from the minimum contacts standard for personal jurisdiction over nonresidents ...
Minimum wage
Minimum wage. The Trade Boards Act, 1909, established for the first time a minimum wage in certain trades. The (English) Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, made provision for the settlement of minimum rates of wages for workmen employed underground in coal mines. The principle has been extended to many industries during the war and after, and to agriculture by the Corn Production Act,1917 (repealed). See TRADE BOARDS.In relation to any area, means to minimum wage fixed by the State Government under s. 3 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) for agricultural labourer as applicable in that area [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), s. 2(h)]...
Minimum subscription
Minimum subscription is the minimum cash to be raised by the issue of shares offered to the public for subscription. This must be stated in the prospectus and application sums therefor received before allotment of shares. The amount includes the minimum required, in the opinion of directors, for property to be bought by the proceeds of issue, preliminary expenses, if any repayment of loans for those purposes and working capital; see (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 39 and 4th Sched...
Optima est lex quae minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis, optimus judex qui minimum sibi
Optima est lex quae minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis, optimus judex qui minimum sibi. [* Also termed a 'Speech'] The best law is that which leaves the least to the discretion of the judge, the best judge is he who leaves the least to himself (his own discretion)....
Optima est lex que minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; optimus judex qui minimum sibi
Optima est lex que minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; optimus judex qui minimum sibi [Lat.], that law is best which confides as little as possible to the discretion of a judge; that judge the best who trusts as little as possible his own judgment...
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