forum shopping

forum-shopping. The practice of choosing the most favorable jurisdiction or court in which a claim might be heard. • A plaintiff might engage in forum-shopping, for example, by filing suit in a jurisdiction with a reputation for high jury awards or by filing several similar suits and keeping the one with the preferred judge. Cf. JUDGE-SHOPPING.

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译员Clara，毕业于国内知名法学院，擅长翻译有关建筑领域的法律文件。