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Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929

Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929 (English) (19 Geo. 5, c. 8). These Acts modernize the procedure of

Local jurisdiction

Local jurisdiction, in relation to a court or Magistrate, means the local area within which the Court or Magistrate may

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Heritable Jurisdiction

Heritable Jurisdiction, grants of criminal jurisdic-tion, anciently bestowed on great families in Scotland, with a view to the more easy

Appellate jurisdiction

Appellate jurisdiction, the power of a superior Court to review the decision of an inferior Court. See APPEAL.

international jurisdiction

international jurisdiction Power of a court or other organization to hear and determine matters between different countries or persons of

Court having admiralty jurisdiction

Court having admiralty jurisdiction. The legislature of a British possession may by any Colonial Law Q:-(a) declare any court of unlimited civil

Court of competent jurisdiction

Court of competent jurisdiction, the expression 'a Court of competent jurisdiction' envisaged in s. 465 is to denote a validity constituted Court

Defect of jurisdiction

Defect of jurisdiction, where the expression as a whole reads 'from defect of jurisdiction or other cause of a like nature,

Service out of the jurisdiction

Service out of the jurisdiction of a writ of summons may be allowed by the Court or a judge in certain specified cases,

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