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08/09

Legal Forms Manual

Submitted by Ateneo Law 3D SY 0809
An indispensible tool guide for the law student and the practicing lawyer,
this manual covers the different basic legal forms as well as the
quintessential legal forms used in both corporate and litigation practice.

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ATENEO LAW 3D 0809
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CHAPTER 1: JURISDICTION

What is JURISDICTION?
Authority given by law to a court or tribunal to hear and determine certain
controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable
It is the legal authority to hear and determine a cause or the right to act in a
case.
What is its SIGNIFICANCE to LEGAL FORMS?
It is important to know which court has jurisdiction over the particular case a
lawyer is handling in order to determine where proceedings should be
initiated.
KINDS OF
JURISDICTION

According to Types of Cases Tried

General jurisdiction extends to all controversies which may be brought
before a court within the legal bounds of rights and remedies
Limited or Special jurisdiction confined to particular cases, and can be
exercised only under the circumstances prescribed by the statute
According to Power of Review
Original exercised in the court at first instance
Appellate power and authority conferred upon a superior court to re
hear and determine causes which have been tried in inferior courts
According to Extent of Exercise
Exclusive confined to a particular tribunal or grade of courts and possessed
by it to the exclusion of others
Concurrent exercise by different courts at the same time over the same
subject matter and within the same territory, and wherein litigants may, in
the first instance, resort to one of them indifferently (but taking into
consideration the doctrine of judicial hierarchy)
According to Situs
Territorial Jurisdiction exercised within the limits of the place where the court
is located
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction exercised beyond the confines of the place
where the court is located
IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES TO REMEMBER

Doctrine of Ancillary Jurisdiction

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