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| when an appellate court that normally sits as a whole. |
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| when only one court has the power to hear a case. |
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| the power of the Ferderal court to hear matters over 75,000 |
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| a court's power to hear any type of case arising within its geographical area |
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| a means of gaining appellate review; in the US Supreme Court the writ is discretionary and will ve issued to another court to review a ferderal question if four of the nine justices vote to hear the case. |
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| the power of the court to hear a case. |
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| the authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated(as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.) |
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| when more than one court has jurisdiction to hear a case. |
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| a court's power to hear only specialized cases. |
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| federal question jurisdiction |
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| the power of the federal court to hear matters of Federal Law. |
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| a defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgement. |
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