(law) In United States law, jurisdiction of a federal court over a cause of action arising from all parties being from different U.S. states.

plural of jurisdiction clause

Synonym of forum selection clause

(US, law) The authority that a United States federal court has to hear a cause of action brought under the United States Constitution or federal statutes.

(law) In the law of civil procedure, the ability of a court to hear a case based on the authority granted to the court to hear that particular type of case.

plural of agreement conferring jurisdiction

Synonym of forum selection clause

(politics) A policy of affirming a laical jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical one.

plural of jurisdictionalism

In a jurisdictional way.