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What is jurisdiction?
Jurisdiction is a court's authority to hear and decide cases. ManyUnited States of America Supreme Court's decisions treat thissimple question and simple answer (unless you're… involved in thequestion before the Court and subjected to the consequences of thenature of jurisdiction). Jurisdiction has three legs. If the court lacks anyone of thethree, it is without jurisdiction; .
the power or authority of the court,(which is set up by thelegislature), to render the particular judgment. ie: a Probatematter has to be tried in a probate court or a court exercisingprobate jurisdiction; a criminal case must be tried in a criminalcourt. These are courts of limited jurisdiction. Some courts havejurisdiction over many subjects, which are courts of generaljurisdiction. .
subject matter which is the authority of the court derived bystatute to hear a particular case and the application must conformto all of the statutes. ie: if the statute required to pleading tobe verified then it must be verified. .
In Personam, which is jurisdiction of the person. ie: if thestatute requires service and citation on the person, then it mustbe done. Check out 46 Am. Jur. 2d section 24. ( Full Answer )