Jurisdiction

Personal Jurisdiction is when the court has the power over the case in specific regions. ”The power of a court to hear and determine a lawsuit involving a defendant and by virtue of the defendants having some contact with the place where the court is located.” (Western Encyclopedia of America Law, edition 2, 2004 pg.1 par.1). A Subject-matter jurisdiction dictates which court system will hear a particular case. “The Federal and State court will make the decision of where this law suit should take

Summary of Chapter 2: Personal Jurisdiction Personal Jurisdiction—This is the power of a court to adjudicate the rights of a particular person. Personal jurisdiction can be divided into two types of jurisdiction- Specific v. General 1. Specific personal Jurisdiction—Refers to a court’s power to hear matters over parties lacking systematic and continuous contacts with the state, but have a minimum contact to the parties activities therein. 2. General personal Jurisdiction—Refers to a court’s power to

Statutory exclusive jurisdiction is a form of the international jurisdiction, which is always regulated by the mandatory norms of the law and which may not be overridden by an agreement on jurisdiction by the defendant’s voluntary submission to the different forum. It has imperative character and stands on the fact that the matters involved in the exclusive jurisdiction rules are closely linked to the state sovereignty or the territory of the state and in these situations, the state interest prevails

Define "Jurisdiction."  According to dictionary.com, jurisdiction is "the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies" (dictionary.com, n.d.). An example of jurisdiction would be the courts of limited jurisdiction which is where small cases and criminal disputes that involves small amounts of money is decided. Also, subject-matter jurisdiction and in personam jurisdiction are another type of jurisdiction. According to our textbook, subject-matter jurisdiction

In a moment of our lives we have heard or experiment the word jurisdiction, whether in a legal problem, television, radio, newspaper or school. Jurisdiction is used in legal problems that means the right or power in a territory to interpret and apply the law. Can be defined as the “law to speak” to interpret and apply the law. Jurisdiction have many meanings but if someday we have a legal problem we can use it in our favor. “Jurisdiction refers to the lawful right of legislative, executive, or judicial

The appropriate court for this lawsuit depends upon several factors. Three important considerations are personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and minimum contracts. Personal jurisdiction pertains to the laws and facts involved in the lawsuit. Donald Margolin is suing a corporation, Novelty Now. “Corporations are subject to in personam jurisdiction in three locations: the state of their incorporation, the location of their main offices, and the geographic areas in which they conduct

When considering the facts of the Margolin’s lawsuit with the rules of jurisdiction, first one must understand when personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction would be applicable. As stated in the textbook, “Personal Jurisdiction is a court 's power to render a decision affecting the rights of the specific persons before the court. Generally, a court 's power to exercise in personam jurisdiction extends only over a specific geographic region.” (Kubasek, pg.42, 2009). Before a court can

Circuit court of St. Clair County would have personal jurisdiction over Backside because it waived its right to object the court’s jurisdiction The first issue whether the circuit court of St. Clair County would have personal jurisdiction over Backside Chiropractic, Inc. IL courts have personal jurisdiction over natural persons or entities doing business within the state. Under minimum contact doctrine, IL courts would have personal jurisdiction over out of state defendants if the cause of action

The jurisdiction of the federal courts is defined in Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution, as extending in law and equity to all cases arising under the Constitution and federal legislation; to controversies to which the U.S. shall be a party, including those arising from treaties with other governments; to admiralty and maritime cases; to controversies between states; to controversies between a state, or its citizens, and foreign governments or their subjects; and to controversies between

Court conceded the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction presented by the Defendant, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate) in an amendment to its answer. James Gross (Gross), the Plaintiff appealed the decision. We are now move to determine whether the Superior Court of Camden County erred in dismissing the Complaint on the basis that the Defendant did not have minimum contacts with the forum, and consequently the Court did not have personal jurisdiction over it. We found that the trial court erred