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HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION [6 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Courts
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

The Supreme Court shall have, hold and exercise exclusive ultimate appellate civil and criminal jurisdiction within and for Canada; and the judgment of the Court is, in all cases, final and conclusive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Tribunaux
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

La Cour suprême possède, détient et exerce, à titre exclusif, la juridiction finale d'appel en matière civile et criminelle à l'intérieur du Canada et pour le Canada; et le jugement de la Cour est, dans tous les cas, définitif et péremptoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Rules of Court
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
DEF

Family law. In interstate child-custody disputes governed by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, jurisdiction based on the child’s having been a resident of the state for at least six consecutive months immediately before the commencement of the suit.

CONT

... this assistance must be provided in a spirit of respect for the jurisdiction of the home-state, bilateral agreements, European rules (including the Framework Convention ...

OBS

In the United States of America, exclusive jurisdiction remains with the child's "home state, "even though the child and custodial parent may have moved permanently to another jurisdiction, so long as one of the parties(e. g. the parent exercising contact) remains living there.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

[...] cette aide doit s'opérer dans le respect de la juridiction de l’État de résidence, des accords bilatéraux, des normes européennes (notamment la Convention-cadre pour [...]

OBS

Aux États-Unis d'Amérique, «l'État d'origine» de l'enfant conserve une compétence exclusive, même si l'enfant et un parent gardien ont déménagé dans un autre ressort de manière permanente, tant que l'une des parties (par ex. le parent exerçant le droit de contact) continue d'y vivre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Legal Actions
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
DEF

A court’s power to adjudicate an action or class of actions to the exclusion of all other courts.

OBS

Federal district courts have exclusive jurisdiction over actions brought under the Securities Exchange.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Actions en justice
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

Guardianship court is without authority to grant guardianship of the person of a minor child with a living parent to anyone other than the parent(s) without the consent of or notice to each living parent.

OBS

In FLorida, Guardianship Courts have exclusive jurisdiction over the appointment of guardians for minors and incapacitated adults.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
CONT

L'accord du tribunal de tutelle n'est pas requis lorsque le père ou la mère ont demandé la déchéance pour eux-mêmes et simultanément, compte tenu de la garde parentale pour un enfant, et que le demandeur est en fait en charge de la garde de la personne de cet enfant.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... federal courts do not have exclusive admiralty jurisdiction overclaims involving exoneration from liability in "circumstances where limitation of liability is not at issue. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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