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In common law legal systems, original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.
Original jurisdiction refers to a court’s authority to hear and decide a case for the first time before any appellate review occurs. Trial courts typically have original jurisdiction over the types of cases that they hear, but some federal and state trial courts also hear appeals in specific instances.
The Supreme Court of the United States has original jurisdiction in a small class of cases described in Article III, section 2, of the United States Constitution and further delineated by statute.
The term original jurisdiction refers to the question of which court has the authority (“jurisdiction’) to hear a legal case for the first time. For instance, family law court has the authority to hear a child custody case, but not to hear a burglary case.
Original jurisdiction is the right of a court to hear a case for the first time. It can be distinguished from appellate jurisdiction, which is the right of a court to review a case that has already been heard and decided upon by a lower court.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction.
When the Court has original jurisdiction over a case, it means that a party may commence litigation in the Supreme Court in the first instance rather than reaching the high court on appeal from a state court or an inferior federal court.
The original jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court is the court’s authority to hear and decide certain types of cases before they have been heard by any lower court. The Supreme Court’s jurisdiction is established in Article III, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution and further defined by federal law. The Supreme Court’s original ...
Argues that original jurisdiction of the court has gone unremarked, but that its purpose was to resolve disputes between states in a new union. Explores the history of the Court’s exercise of original jurisdiction and the clause’s background using original intent originalism.
The Original Jurisdiction of The Supreme Court. Clause 2. In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction.