In law, subject matter jurisdiction is the "item" or the "object" of the legal action.
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Subject matter jurisdiction is a court's power to hear a certain type of case. All courts...
The US Special Courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over restricted types of federal law. For example, the US Bankruptcy Courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases; the US Tax...
A court must have subject matter jurisdiction in order to hear a case. Certain courts were created to hear only issues on certain subjects. Some may be dedicated to traffic violations. Some may hear...