Original Jurisdiction
The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a court has the power to review a lower court's decision.
Read more about Original Jurisdiction.
Some articles on original jurisdiction:
... In the United States, courts having original jurisdiction are referred to as trial courts ... Supreme Court has original jurisdiction concurrently with lower courts ... The original jurisdiction of the U.S ...
... practical purposes, an independent court with its powers, functions and jurisdictions well defined and determined under the Constitution and different laws ... It has both appellate as well as original jurisdiction ... It has original jurisdiction to hear Writ Applications under article 102 of the Constitution, which is known as extra ordinary constitutional jurisdiction ...
... The Court has a limited original jurisdiction, giving it the discretion to grant relief by way of a prerogative writ ... since it is primarily a court of appeal, it will only entertain original applications for prerogative relief in extraordinary circumstances ... It also has any original jurisdiction that is necessary or incidental to the hearing and determination of an appeal ...
... These courts have jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories ... The High Courts are the principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in the state along with District Courts which are subordinate to the High courts ... However, High courts exercise their original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the courts subordinate to the High court in the state are not competent (not authorized by law) to try such matters for lack of ...
... The Federal Court has no inherent jurisdiction ... Its jurisdiction flows from statute ... The Court's original jurisdiction include matters arising from Commonwealth legislation such as, for example, matters relating to taxation, trade practices, native title, intellectual ...
Famous quotes containing the words jurisdiction and/or original:
“The putting into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, as far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, including the more important work of saving and restoring our forests and the great improvement of waterways, are all proper government functions which must involve large expenditure if properly performed.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“It is conventional to call “monster” any blending of dissonant elements.... I call “monster” every original inexhaustible beauty.”
—Alfred Jarry (1873–1907)