Questions tagged [jurisdiction]
For questions concerning whether a body has the power to make a legal decision on a particular matter. **NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "GEOGRAPHIC" JURISDICTIONS** e.g. country, province, state, principality etc
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When does the dual sovereignty doctrine become relevant?
Say I'm accused of murder (to pick the big, obvious, unambiguous crime), and I am charged by the state. Due to the dual sovereignty doctrine, theoretically the federal government could charge me too (...
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Which court has juridiction in case of the application of L113 9 from the code of intellectual property?
I want to request software developed in source code form (interpreted language) by researchers. The university and the cada refused on the basis specific status of researchers with regard to ...
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What is "probable jurisdiction"?
The docket for 24-109 reports "probable jurisdiction noted".
What is "probable jurisdiction"?
What does it mean that it is noted?
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How can the court system ignore the original definitions of the law?
I’ve been thinking about the foundational laws that were made for the people, the core laws that are considered the original and supreme, the ones that all other laws created later are meant to follow ...
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Is there any such thing as international civil law, if so, how is it enforced?
I would imagine that when different countries were drafting their civil laws, the world was less globalised, and civil cases that had international implications would've been rare. But they're more ...
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Felony proceedings starting in Circuit Court
In Michigan, the normal course of actions for a felony charge, is that arraignment to, and including, preliminary examination be held in a District court and the rest of the proceedings be held in the ...
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Are there resources for which states accept lawyers from different jurisdictions?
As I understand it, if you pass the bar exam in one state, you can practice law there, but some states have reciprocity agreements with other states i.r.t practising law. Is there some sort of ...
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Can a federal judge order a plane to return to the US?
On March 15, US District Judge Boasberg ordered the US Government administration to cause a deportation flight to Venezuela to turn around and return to the US. The administration did not follow the ...
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Is it legal for a jurisdiction to prosecute you for something they consider illegal that you did outside that jurisdiction? [duplicate]
If Jurisdiction A considers X to be illegal, and Bob (a member of A) goes to jurisdiction B and commits X (B considers it legal), and goes back to A, is A still at liberty to prosecute Bob committing ...
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Are US states obligated to extradite criminals to other states?
Bob is born and raised Californian. He goes over to Texas, and commits a bunch of Texan crimes (which aren't illegal whatsoever in California). Before the police are onto him, Bob goes back to ...
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How does the Federal government have jurisdiction to charge Luigi Mangione?
It's my understanding that the Federal government can only file murder charges on a small subset of murders, like murders of Federal agents or on Federal property. With that in mind, how can the ...
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Arresting a citizen of a foreign country
Say the police in country “A” are approached by witnesses who claim that a non citizen who is there as a tourist committed a serious crime like murder or rape in his home country or some third ...
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Is sales tax determined by the state in which the SELLER is located, or the state in which the PURCHASER is located?
Online sales have been a commonplace part of life for 30 years, and my understanding over that entire period has always been that sales tax is only collected if the seller maintains a presence in the ...
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US jurisdictions
I've recently entered a rabbit hole of videos mocking sovereign citizens. One of the most common arguments they use is to contest jurisdiction, they claim that the US Constitution gives two types of ...
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Do provinces have the right to require more than the list of obligatory documents and papers required for "empadronamiento" specified in Ley 7/1985?
Last month I applied for empadronamiento in one of the cities of the Tarragona province of Catalunya. I live there in a room that I payed for via AirBnb. I gave the AirBnB receipts for two months to ...
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