See Also: Andral's decubitus(medicine)
Andral, Gabriel(medicine)
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jurisdiction(dictionary)
jurisdiction(dictionary)
jurisdiction(encyclopedia)
Jurisdiction(law)
Jurisdiction(money)
APPELLATE JURISDICTION(law)
VOLUNTARY JURISDICTION(law)

Andral's decubitus (medicine) and jurisdiction (sh)


Andral's decubitus (medicine)


Andral's decubitus
Position assumed by the patient who lies on the sound side in cases of beginning pleurisy.


jurisdiction (sh)




Authority of a court to hear and determine cases.

This authority is constitutionally based. Examples of judicial jurisdiction are: appellate jurisdiction, in which a superior court has power to correct legal errors made in a lower court; concurrent jurisdiction, in which a suit might be brought to any of two or more courts; and federal jurisdiction. A court may also have authority to operate within a certain territory. Summary jurisdiction, in which a magistrate or judge has power to conduct proceedings resulting in a conviction without jury trial, is limited in the U.S. to petty offenses.