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{{g}}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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[[File:Juris-my-diction.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Jurisdiction chat, yesterday.]]
}}{{quote|Hey, I’m just doing my job. You give me that juris-my-diction crap, you can cram it up your ass.”
:—A [[subject matter expert]] to a [[middle manager]] in ''The Matrix''}}


There is always fun<ref>It is all relative, you understand. Fun is the one thing money can’t buy.</ref>to be had arguing over whether [[jurisdiction]] should be [[Exclusive jurisdiction|exclusive]] or [[Non-exclusive jurisdiction|non-exclusive]], and what counts as a [[forum non conveniens|convenient forum]].
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 fun<ref>It is all relative, you understand. Fun is the one thing money can’t buy.</ref> to be had arguing over whether [[jurisdiction]] should be [[Exclusive jurisdiction|exclusive]] or [[Non-exclusive jurisdiction|non-exclusive]], and what counts as a [[forum non conveniens|convenient forum]].


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