Jurisdiction
The authority of a court to hear a case is its jurisdiction.
appropriate jurisdiction
Your State Court or Federal court have jurisdiction to hear the case of medical negligence.
In choosing a court, the attorney must choose which court has the authority to hear a particular case. This is referred to as Jurisdiction.
There is not a jurisdiction that allows a court to hear any type of case. Even the Supreme Court is limited in the types of cases they hear.
The word is Jurisdiction.
The authority to hear a case is called jurisdiction. The court with authority to try the case, or hear it first, has original jurisdiction; the court(s) that review the case on appeal have appellate jurisdiction.If the case is remanded for a new trial (or reheard, I suppose), it returns to the court of original jurisdiction.
The trial court.Added: The court of original jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
The Judicial branch includes all the federal courts. The court's authority to hear a case is called jurisdiction; the authority to hear a case for the first time is called "original jurisdiction."