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dispersed jurisdiction

[dɪˈspɜːrst ˈdʒʊərɪsdɪkʃən]
nounpl: dispersed jurisdictions
jurisdição dispersa
1. A legal system in which judicial authority and power are distributed among multiple courts, entities, or levels of government rather than concentrated in a single authority
The United States operates under a dispersed jurisdiction system with federal, state, and local courts sharing authority.
Os Estados Unidos funcionam sob um sistema de jurisdição dispersa, com tribunais federais, estaduais e locais compartilhando autoridade.
2. A court arrangement where different cases or types of cases are handled by separate, geographically or functionally distributed judicial bodies
The dispersed jurisdiction model ensures that commercial disputes are heard in specialized courts across different regions.
O modelo de jurisdição dispersa garante que conflitos comerciais sejam julgados em tribunais especializados em diferentes regiões.
Synonyms
divided jurisdictiondistributed jurisdictionconcurrent jurisdictionfragmented jurisdiction
Antonyms
centralized jurisdictionunified jurisdictionconcentrated jurisdictionexclusive jurisdiction

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
jurisdição dispersa
Standard legal term used in Brazilian law and judicial systems
Portugal
jurisdição dispersa
Standard legal terminology in Portuguese law

Related Idioms & Phrases

separation of powers
checks and balances
distribution of authority
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