Assertion: federal court's jurisdiction | /r/HasProperty | the power of a court
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text: Subject matter jurisdiction is the power of a court to hear certain types of cases.
text: Territorial jurisdiction is the court's power to bind the parties to the action.
text: Subject matter jurisdiction is the court's authority to decide the issue in controversy such as a contracts issue, or a civil rights issue.
text: Other forms of jurisdiction include appellate jurisdiction (the power of one court to correct the errors of another, lower court), concurrent jurisdiction (the notion that two courts might share the power to hear cases of the same type, arising in the same place), and diversity jurisdiction (the power of Federal courts to hear cases in which the parties are from different states).
text: Personal jurisdiction is the power of a court to give orders to a defendant.