 | 1899 - 896 pages
...MASSACHUSETTS. Jurisdiction is the power to hear and determine the subjectmatter in controversy between parties to a suit; to adjudicate or exercise any judicial power over them, p. 718. Cited approvingly and definition relied upon in Riggs v. Johnson County, 6 Wall. 187, 18 L.... | |
 | Law - 1922 - 1328 pages
...1931-1934. a. Jurisdiction is the power to hear and determine the subject-matter in controversy between parties to a suit, — to adjudicate or exercise any judicial power over them. Chicago Title & T. Co. v. Brown, 47 LEA 798, 183 111. 42, 55 XE 632. b. The presence of authority to... | |
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... authority of law, to render a judgment or decree upon the rights of the litigant parties. If the law confers the power to render a judgment or decree, then the court has jurisdiction... 
