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CONCURRENT JURISDICTION [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Constitutional Law
DEF

Jurisdiction that might be exercised simultaneously by more than one court over the same subject matter and within the same territory, a litigant having the right to choose the court in which to file the action.

CONT

The committee was provided with updates on the recently issued Internet acceptable use policy, concurrent jurisdiction, and the military judiciary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

Le comité a reçu des mises à jour sur la politique nouvellement émise quant à l'utilisation acceptable d'Internet, la juridiction concurrente et la magistrature militaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Constitutional Law
DEF

Jurisdiction shared by two or more states, especially over the physical boundaries (such as rivers or other bodies of water) between them.

CONT

It follows from the two rules of international law permitting the local State to exercise jurisdiction over foreign merchant vessels in its waters and the flag State to exercise jurisdiction over them in foreign waters that the two States may have concurrent jurisdiction over acts and events occurring on board foreign ships in inland waters, and subject to the qualifications mentioned elsewhere, in territorial waters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

[...] dans le cas où un territoire sert d'assise commune à deux ou plusieurs États : ce sont des hypothèses de compétences territoriales communes ou concurrentes.

Spanish

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