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Jurisdiction

Generically, authority, power, domain, power. I Set of powers that correspond to a subject and a certain territorial sphere. I The ability to all with govern and to enforce the laws. I The power to know and fail in civil, criminal or other matters, according to the provisions of law or the arbitration granted. I Territory in which a judge or court exercises his authority. The Term of a province, district, municipality, neighborhood, etc.
The word jurisdiction is crafts de jus and to say, apply or declare the right, so it is said, jurisdictio or jure saying. I ADMINISTRATIVE. It is the power residing in the Government, or in the officials or bodies that represent this part of the The ability to of movable property and also to decide on the claims to which they give occasion the administrative acts themselves. I CIVIL. The one related to civil and even commercial causes, which is exercised by the courts and judges in the in civil court. It is opposed to criminal jurisdiction (v.). I COMPETENT. The one exercised legally, for meeting the requirements established by the law. I That in whose favor a decision has been made question of jurisdiction. I COMMON ORDINARY. It is the one that is exercised in general on all common businesses that are ordinarily presented, or the one that extends its power to all persons and things that are not expressly subject to the law, to special jurisdictions. I CONTENTIOUS. That in which there is dispute o contradiction between the parties, which requires a judgment and a decision. I LITIGATION-ADMINISTRATIVE. The competent authority for
revise, outside the path hierarchical, the final agreements of the Government public. I CRIMINAL. V. jurisdiction in criminal court I OF THE NAVY. The one exercised on special matters that concern the navy, and on the people and businesses belonging to the activity of the navy. war. I DISCIPLINARY. The power punitive of less amount. It is exercised by judges and courts with object to preserve the good order in the administration de Justice, whether in the
public hearings or those limited to the parties, and even in relations with their subordinates. I ECCLESIASTICAL. That which is exercised by the Church or authorities or magistrates, both in the in civil court contentious and voluntary as in criminal matters, in spiritual matters and their annexes, or against persons or ecclesiastical corporations. I SPECIAL. Also called extraordinary or privileged, it is that which is exercised with limitation to determined matters, or with respect to persons who, due to their class, state o profession, are subject to them. I LABOR. That which intervenes in the causes derived from the contract de work. I LIMITED. The one specified in a cause or a process unfolds, or a certain aspect or point of one or the other. I TRADE o SALES. It is the one that hears the disputes that arise on obligations y derechos from contracts and commercial operations. I MILITARY. Also called military, Is the power with which the judges, councils and military courts are invested, to hear the cases that arise against members of the army and others subject to the jurisdiction de war. The AREA. The researcher, cognitive and sanctioning in the process unfolds in criminal court. I OWN. The one that corresponds to ministry from the law. I EXTENDED. The lack of jurisdiction beforehand, but that can be known from a cause by will express or implied by the litigants; such as agreement, or by submission tacit, by not raising the incompetence. I The one processed by agreement of the parties that submit to a foreign jurisdiction. I The one exercised by the courts over the people and things that submit to their jurisdiction. power. I VOLUNTARY. That in which there is no dispute between the parties; which does not require the
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