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1. Original Jurisdiction The authority of a court that tried the case originally. (http://thelawdictionary.

org/original-jurisdiction/)
2. Appellate Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction on appeal; jurisdiction to revise or correct the proceedings in a cause already instituted
and acted upon by an inferior court, or by a tribunal having the attributes of a court. (http://thelawdictionary.org/appellatejurisdiction/)
3. Exclusive Jurisdiction - refers to power of a court to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts. It is the sole forum
for determination of a particular type of case. Exclusive jurisdiction is decided on the basis of the subject matter dealt with by
a particular court. (http://definitions.uslegal.com/e/exclusive-jurisdiction/)
4. Concurrent Jurisdiction - an authority that has been conferred on 2 or more courts to hear and decide similar cases. Or it
the jurisdiction of a government agency and a court with the same jurisdiction. See coordinate jurisdiction.
(http://thelawdictionary.org/concurrent-jurisdiction/)
5. Habeas Corpus - Lat. (You have the body.) The name given to a variety of writs,(of which these were anciently the emphatic
words,) having for their object to bring aparty before a court or judge. (http://thelawdictionary.org/habeas-corpus/)
6. Quo Warranto - A writ ordering a person to show by what right he exercises an office, franchise, or privilege. A legal
proceeding undertaken to recover an office, franchise, or privilege from the person in possession, initiated as upon an
information (http://www.yourdictionary.com/quo-warranto)

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