LOCALITY TEST

locality test.Maritime law. The requirement that, for a federal court to exercise admiralty tort jurisdiction, the alleged wrong must have occurred on navigable waters. • The test was replaced by the locality-plus test in Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. Cleveland, 409 U.S. 249, 93 S.Ct. 493 (1972). — Also termed locality rule. See LOCALITY-PLUS TEST.
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