More than one standard can be applied to any case based on multiple jurisdictions and numerous other factors in relation to complex state and federal law ; dependant on which jurisdiction and country one is in.

Such aspects of public policy have direct constitutional significance whether applied in the European context or in federated nations such as the United States, Canada, and Australia where the courts have to contend not only with jurisdiction and law conflicts between the constituent states or territories, but also as between state and federal courts, and as between constituent states and relevant laws from other states outside the federation.

* jus civile, Jus gentium, and jus naturale-the jus civile (" citizen law ", originally jus civile Quiritium ) was the body of common laws that applied to Roman citizens and the Praetores Urbani, the individuals who had jurisdiction over cases involving citizens.

* Promissory estoppel can be applied in many but not all jurisdiction when the charging party detrimentally relies on the otherwise unenforceable contract.

While the Third Amendment has not been applied to the states by the Supreme Court, the Second Circuit ruled that it did apply to the states within that circuit's jurisdiction in Engblom v. Carey.

Common methods of determining what Preventive ( or other ) failure management policies should be applied are ; OEM recommendations, requirements of codes and legislation within a jurisdiction, what an " expert " thinks ought to be done, or the maintenance that's already done to similar equipment, and most important measured values and performance indications.

Islands in rivers dividing two jurisdictions were popular duelling sites ; the cliffs below Weehawken on the Hudson River where the Hamilton-Burr duel occurred were a popular field of honour for New York duellists because of the uncertainty whether New York or New Jersey jurisdiction applied.

The maxim is necessarily subordinate to positive principles and cannot be applied either to subvert established rules of law or to give the courts a jurisdiction hitherto unknown, and it is only in a general not in a literal sense that maxim has force.

In addition, the BSA gave the council jurisdiction over the entire Philippine Islands instead of only Manila as originally applied for.

The term " soke ", unlike " sake ", sometimes applied to the district over which the right of jurisdiction extended ( compare Soke of Peterborough.

The prosecution also applied for an emergency writ, which was denied, that the instructions should exclude reference to jurisdiction.

An incorporated territory of the United States is a specific area under the jurisdiction of the United States, over which the United States Congress has determined that the United States Constitution is to be applied to the territory's local government and inhabitants in its entirety ( e. g., citizenship, trial by jury ), in the same manner as it applies to the local governments and residents of the U. S. states.

In terms of the Act, the islands fall under the jurisdiction of the Cape Town Magistrate's Court, and South African law as applied in the Western Cape applies on them.

" However, Heinrich Brunner explained the application of ' rope ' to an administrative district by the old German custom of defining the limits of the ' peace ' of popular open-air courts by stakes and ropes, the ropes then giving a name first to the court and then afterwards to the area of its jurisdiction, and produced a case where reep, the Dutch cognate of rāp, is applied to such a judicial area.

The jurisdiction of a qadi was theoretically coextensive with the scope of the law that he applied.

This etiquette is as applied within U. S. jurisdiction.

The NEL is applied as law in each participating jurisdiction of the NEM by application statutes, for example the National Electricity ( Victoria ) Act 2005.

In many cases the duration ( and high cost ) of legal procedures is the result of being unable to find a competent jurisdiction and to prove its competence ( something that the GPLv2 fails to specify, which means that parties to a current GPLv2 license must always first find a mutual agreement, or must always be able to prove the competence of a court before any decision can be ruled and applied, and this is an inherent risk of the current GPLv2 whose consequent long term costs have not been evaluated ).

When the situation became untenable, Bishop Basil applied to have his diocese transferred from the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate to that of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Moreover, many people also questioned how a proposed PRC law could be applied onto a territory over which the PRC does not have jurisdiction.

The act applied only to the parents of Terri Schiavo — not Terri Schiavo herself — and gave federal courts jurisdiction to review alleged violations of her constitutional rights, without regard to prior state court rulings ( a review de novo, effectively wiping out the previous decade of litigation ).

A country, state, or other jurisdiction enacts laws which are interpreted and applied through a system of courts.

Scalia acknowledged that the federal courts had jurisdiction over this case, and that the Sherman Act could be applied extraterritorially, so long as the foreign acts complained of were directed into the United States.

The Judea and Samaria Area, however, is not included in the number of districts and sub-districts as Israel has not applied its civilian jurisdiction in that part of the West Bank.

More industrial acreage lies vacant in St. Clair county than in any other jurisdiction in the St. Louis area.

The Attorney General shall assign such officers and employees of the Department of Justice as may be necessary to represent the United States as to any claims of the Government of the United States with respect to which the Commission has jurisdiction under this title.

if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation has been duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States and has not been discharged prior to the date of payment, payment shall be made to such receiver or trustee in accordance with the order of the court ; ;

if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation, duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, makes an assignment of the claim, or any part thereof, with respect to which an award is made, or makes an assignment of such award, or any part thereof, payment shall be made to the assignee, as his interest may appear ; ;

John of Worcester also claims that at Wulfstan's consecration, Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury extracted a promise from Ealdred that neither he nor his successors would lay claim to any jurisdiction over the diocese of Worcester.

" He points to the fact that the Pope claims universal jurisdiction and he therefore argues that " it would be intolerable to have, as the sovereign of a Protestant and free country, one who owes any allegiance to the head of any other state " and contends that if such situation came about " we will have undone centuries of common law.

Therefore, it is necessary to have the existence of a conflict in public law without any constitutional aspects and no assignment to another jurisdiction.

There is no such tort in English common law ; thus, any jurisdiction that lacks a wrongful death statute will not allow a lawsuit for the wrongful death of a loved one.

Because of its history as the nation's commercial center, New York common law has a depth and predictability not ( yet ) available in any other jurisdiction.

Under § 1332 ( d ) ( 2 ) the federal district courts have original jurisdiction over any civil action where the amount in controversy exceeds $ 5, 000, 000 and

Thereafter, the United Kingdom was formally absolved of any remaining responsibility for, or jurisdiction over, Canada and Canada became responsible for her own destiny.

In public buildings, exterior doors should open to the outside in order to comply with any fire codes that may be in force in that jurisdiction.

) take place at all, with voters free to choose any person at the time of voting — with some possible exceptions such as through a minimum age requirement — in the jurisdiction.

However, since Han's island is only partly in their jurisdiction, they are unable to conduct any formal investigations-Han will not allow firearms on the island, both to impede assassination attempts and to prevent the international authorities from gaining a justification to launch a raid.

The Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands has unlimited jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal proceedings, and consists of the Chief Justice ( CJ ) who is generally a senior barrister or solicitor with a good amount of judicial experience in the United Kingdom.

Based on the theory that the lower courts are creations not of the Constitution but of Congress, and that Congress therefore has wide power in defining and restricting their jurisdiction, the act forbids issuance of injunctions to sustain anti-union contracts of employment, to prevent ceasing or refusing to perform any work or remain in any relation of employment, or to restrain acts generally constituting component parts of strikes, boycotts, and picketing.

Federal jurisdiction in this sense is important in criminal law because federal law, being based on a concept of enumerated powers, does not deal with crimes as comprehensively as the laws of any particular state.

Specifically, in these enclaves, the federal government may have proprietary jurisdiction ( only the rights of any other landowner ), concurrent jurisdiction ( the right to legislate concurrently with the state government ), or exclusive jurisdiction over the land where an act was committed in order to establish jurisdiction over the actor.