Jurisdiction

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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.

There is always funto 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