Jurisdiction

Generally speaking, the flavour of courts who have power to resolve any litigation concerning your agreement. In a cross-border agreement it is usual to state the governing law and whose courts have jurisdiction; in a purely domestic agreement they will not, it's being assumed that local law and local courts will always prevail.

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There is always fun to be had arguing over whether jurisdiction should be exclusive or non-exclusive, and what counts as a convenient forum.

See also

• exclusive jurisdiction and non-exclusive jurisdiction
• governing law
• process agent