forum state
forum state. Conflict of laws. The state in which a suit is filed.
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forum non conveniens
forum non conveniens (for-[schwa]m non k[schwa]n-vee-nee-enz). [Latin “an unsuitable court”] Civil procedure. The doctrine that an appropriate forum — even though competent under the law — may divest itself of jurisdiction if, for the convenience of the litigants and the witnesses, it appears that the action should proceed in another forum in which the action
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united states court of appeals for the federal circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. An intermediate-level appellate court with jurisdiction to hear appeals in patent cases, various actions against the United States to recover damages, cases from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Merit Systems
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designated public forum
Public property that has not traditionally been open for public assembly and debate but that the government has opened for use by the public as a place for expressive activity, such as a public-university facility or a publicly owned theater. • Unlike a traditional public forum, the government does not have to retain the open
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traditional public forum
Public property that has by long tradition — as opposed to governmental designation — been used by the public for assembly and expression, such as a public street, public sidewalk, or public park. • To be constitutional, the government’s content-neutral restrictions of the time, place, or manner of expression must be narrowly tailored to serve
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administrative conference of the united states
Administrative Conference of the United States. A former independent federal agency that provided a forum where agency heads, private attorneys, university professors, and others studied ways to improve the procedures that agencies use in administering federal programs. • ACUS was abolished in 1995. — Abbr. ACUS.
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forum selection clause
forum-selection clause. A contractual provision in which the parties establish the place (such as the country, state, or type of court) for specified litigation between them. — Also termed choice-of-exclusive-forum clause. Cf. CHOICE-OF-LAW CLAUSE. [Cases: Contracts 127(4). C.J.S. Contracts § 237.]
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stream of commerce theory
stream-of-commerce theory. 1. The principle that a state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant if the defendant places a product in the general marketplace and the product causes injury or damage in the forum state, as long as the defendant also takes other acts to establish some connection with the forum state, as by
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specific jurisdiction
Jurisdiction that stems from the defendant’s having certain minimum contacts with the forum state so that the court may hear a case whose issues arise from those minimum contacts. Cf. general jurisdiction. [Cases: Courts 12(2.10); Federal Courts 76.10. C.J.S. Courts §§ 40, 45, 47.]
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borrowing statute
borrowing statute. A legislative exception to the conflict-of-laws rule holding that a forum state must apply its own statute of limitations. • A borrowing statute specifies the circumstances in which a forum state will apply another state’s statute of limitations. [Cases: Limitation of Actions 2. C.J.S. Limitations of Actions § 26.]