DOMINANT-JURISDICTION PRINCIPLE

By SovConn | July 23, 2014

dominant-jurisdiction principle.The rule that the court in which a case is first filed maintains

the suit, to the exclusion of all other courts that would also have jurisdiction. [Cases: Courts    475,

493, 514; Federal Courts    1145. C.J.S. Courts §§ 188, 211, 224.] [Blacks Law 8th]

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