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jurisdiction

it to issue a binding judgment see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice, long-arm statute, minimum contacts compare subject matter jurisdiction in this entry NOTE: The U.S. Supreme Court has held in a series of … whether a party is subject to the personal jurisdiction of a court is whether that party has had minimum contacts within the territory (as a state) of that court. primary jurisdiction : the jurisdiction granted by a judicially

fair play and substantial justice

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 … 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

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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

business, or commission of a tort) with the state called also single-act statute see also doing business statute, minimum contacts

territoriality

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

forum

case "M. H. Redish"] b : the territorial jurisdiction of a court [due process requires defendant to have minimum level of contacts with before personal jurisdiction may be exercised "National Law Journal"]

Marriage

two witnesses after due proclamation of banns. One of the parties must have resided in Scotland for a minimum period of fifteen days. Irregular Scots Marriages.--The capacity to contract valid irregular marriages in Scotland is recognized but … (19 & 20 Vict. c. 96), for preventing Gretna Green marriages, by which, 'after 1856, no irregular marriage contacted in Scotland by declaration, etc., shall be valid, unless one of the parties had at the date thereof

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