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Contentious jurisdictionContentious Con*ten"tious, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F.
contentieux.]
1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking
dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay.
2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or
characterized by contention. --Spenser.
More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions.
--Brougham.
3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to
decide controversy.
Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction
over matters in controversy between parties, in
contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that
exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.
Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling;
litigious; perverse; peevish. -- Con*ten"tious*ly,
adv. -- Con*ten"tious*ness, n. Jurisdictional
Jurisdictional Ju`ris*dic"tion*al, a. [Cf. LL.
jurisdictionalis, F. juridictionnel.]
Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.
--Barrow.
Meaning of Jurisdiction from wikipedia
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Jurisdiction (from
Latin juris 'law' and
dictio 'speech' or 'declaration') is the
legal term for the
legal authority granted to a
legal entity to enact...
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Extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) is the
legal ability of a
government to
exercise authority beyond its
normal boundaries. Any
authority can
claim ETJ...
- A
court of
general jurisdiction, in the law of the
United States, is a
court with
authority to hear
cases in law and in
equity of all
kinds – criminal...
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Universal jurisdiction is a
legal principle that
allows states or
international organizations to
prosecute individuals for
serious crimes, such as genocide...
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concurrent jurisdiction (or non-exclusive
jurisdiction) in
which more than one
court may take
jurisdiction over the case.
Exclusive jurisdiction is typically...
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legal systems,
original jurisdiction of a
court is the
power to hear a case for the
first time, as
opposed to
appellate jurisdiction, when a
higher court...
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Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is
jurisdiction by
church leaders over
other church leaders and over the laity.
Jurisdiction is a word
borrowed from the legal...
- Long-arm
jurisdiction is the
ability of
local courts to
exercise jurisdiction over
foreign ("foreign"
meaning out of
jurisdiction,
whether a state, province...
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Heritable jurisdictions were, in the law of Scotland,
grants of
jurisdiction made to a man and his heirs. They were a
common accompaniment to
feudal tenures...
- In law, in rem
jurisdiction (Law
Latin for "power
about or
against 'the thing'") is a
legal term
referring to the
power a
court may
exercise over property...
