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| person who has a right to sue by law beacuse he is an injured party |
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| ad litem means for the purpose of the litigation a guardian is appointed for a minor child to sue. |
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| the authority of a court to hear a case and decide questions of law and fact in the case. |
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| subject matter jurisdiction |
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| the authority of a court to hear a particular type of case |
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| a court cannot hear every kind of case only particular types of cases |
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| Federal question jurisdiction |
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| a conflict arising under the U.S. Constitution, laws, or treaties of U.S. then that case can be brought to the federal district court |
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| in a case under USC every plaintiff must have a different citizenship than every defendant. This is also "complete diversity". |
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| a specific dollar amount that must be claimed for a case to fall within the authority of the court. |
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| term used in the state system; it is the court that traditionally hears that type of case. |
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| court can hear any kind of case unless a court has exclusive jurisdiction. |
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| no other court can hear that type of case |
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| the trial was held in that court; the authority of a court to hear the case first (the trial court). |
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| the authority of a court to hear a case u0pon appeal. |
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| more than one court has original jurisdiction; more than one court can be the trial court. |
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| the authority of the court to hear cases with particular people; authority over the parties (usually the defendants). Can we get the defendants into that court? |
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| Does the defendant have enough/minimum contact to bring them to the state to defend themselves? |
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| a law that allows a state to bring a particular defendant into the state for a particular circumstance. This allows us to reach out and bring the defendant into the state. |
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In rem means "the thing"; if you can't get jurisdiction over the people, you need subject matter jurisdiction.
Example: the marriage can be the "thing" to be dissolved. |
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| which court geographically has the authority to hear the case. |
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