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In civil procedure, exclusive jurisdiction exists where one court has the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts. Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the process that Courts will follow when hearing cases of a civil nature (a " Civil action " as opposed to A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a Court, or by some equivalent legal process It is the opposite situation from concurrent jurisdiction, in which more than one court may take jurisdiction over the case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists where two or more Courts from different systems simultaneously have Jurisdiction over a specific case

Exclusive jurisdiction is typically defined in terms of subject matter. Subject-matter jurisdiction is the authority of a Court to hear cases of a particular type or cases relating to a specific subject matter For example, 28 U.S.C. ยง 1334 gives the United States district courts exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising in bankruptcy (with few exceptions). Title 28 ( Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) is the portion of the United States Code (federal statutory law that governs the federal judicial system The United States district courts are the general Trial courts of the United States federal court system. The United States Constitution (Article 1 Section 8 Clause 4 authorizes Congress to enact "uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout



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