long-arm statute. A statute providing for jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant who has had contacts with the territory where the statute is in effect. • Most state long-arm statutes extend this jurisdiction to its constitutional limits. — Also termed single-act statute. See long-arm jurisdiction under JURISDICTION. [Cases: Courts 12(2). C.J.S. Courts §§ 39, 44.]
long-arm, adj. Of, relating to, or arising from a long-arm statute (long-arm jurisdiction). [Cases: Courts 12(2). C.J.S. Courts §§ 39, 44.]
foreign jurisdiction (1)外国(外州)的司法管辖权 (2)域外司法管辖权 指一国或一州在其领土范围以外行使司法管辖权。如美国的长臂送达传票〔long-arm service of process〕即属行使域外司法管辖权的一种形式。
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doing-business statute. A state law defining the acts that constitute undertaking business there, usu. for the purpose of establishing the circumstances under which the state’s courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident. See MINIMUM CONTACTS; LONG-ARM STATUTE. [Cases: Courts 12(2). C.J.S. Courts §§ 39, 44.]
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A court’s ability to exercise power beyond its territorial limits. See LONG-ARM STATUTE. [Cases: Courts 12(2); Federal Courts 76. C.J.S. Courts §§ 39, 44.]
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doing business. The act of engaging in business activities; specif., the carrying out of a series of similar acts for the purpose of realizing a pecuniary benefit, or otherwise accomplishing a goal, or doing a single act with the intention of starting a series of such acts; esp., a nonresident’s participation in sufficient business activities