contentious jurisdiction
1Contentious jurisdiction — Contentious Con*ten tious, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. [1913 Webster] Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating… …
2Contentious jurisdiction — In English ecclesiastical law, contentious jurisdiction (Latin: forum contentiosum) is jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or… …
3contentious jurisdiction — That part of jurisdiction of court that is concerned with contested matters, as opposed to voluntary, undisputed matters. In English ecclesiastical law, that branch of the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts which is exercised upon… …
4contentious jurisdiction — That part of jurisdiction of court that is concerned with contested matters, as opposed to voluntary, undisputed matters. In English ecclesiastical law, that branch of the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts which is exercised upon… …
5contentious jurisdiction — That jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts which is concerned with administering redress to injuries, that is in the litigation of controversies between adverse parties. The term is employed in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction,… …
6contentious jurisdiction — noun : jurisdiction over matters in controversy compare voluntary jurisdiction …
7Contentious — Con*ten tious, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. [1913 Webster] Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating to… …
8jurisdiction — A term of comprehensive import embracing every kind of judicial action. Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Ky. v. Crombie, 258 Ky. 383, 80 S.W.2d 39, 40. It is the power of the court to decide a matter in controversy and presupposes the existence… …
9jurisdiction — A term of comprehensive import embracing every kind of judicial action. Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Ky. v. Crombie, 258 Ky. 383, 80 S.W.2d 39, 40. It is the power of the court to decide a matter in controversy and presupposes the existence… …
10Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice — The International Court of Justice has jurisdiction in two types of cases: contentious issues between states in which the court produces binding rulings between states that agree, or have previously agreed, to submit to the ruling of the court;… …
