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jurisdictional amount n. the range between the minimum and maximum amount of money or value in dispute in a lawsuit (generally based on the amount demanded in the lawsuit), which determines which court has jurisdiction to try the case. Example: in California, municipal courts have jurisdiction up to $25,000, superior courts have jurisdiction over that sum, and small claims courts (an alternative to formal municipal court filing) have a maximum jurisdictional amount of $5,000. Federal jurisdiction commences at the $10,000 level, if the lawsuit fits other federal requirements. (See: jurisdiction)

jurisdictional amount noun amount involved in a case, domain, extent of authority, jurisdiction, jurisdictional authority, jurisdictional boundary, jurisdictional legal authorrty, jurisdictional legal power, jurisdictional monetary limit, jurisdictional monetary threshold, jurisdictional outer edge, jurisdictional perimeter, jurisdictional power, monetary amount that can be heard by a court, province, purview, range, sphere, territorial authority, territorial range, territory
Associated concepts: amount in controversy, subject matter jurisdiction

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amount Amount in Controversy Diversity of Citizenship Federal Courts jurisdiction Small Claims Court			4) the Supreme Court held that when the other elements of jurisdiction are satisfied and at least one plaintiff satisfies the amount-in-controversy requirement, section 1367 permits federal courts to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the claims of additional plaintiffs in the same case or controversy, even when those claims are "for less than the jurisdictional amount specified in the statute setting forth the requirements for diversity jurisdiction. Defining the court's role as faithful agent in statutory ... by Schellhammer, Joel / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 119) For example, a single oversight leading a district court to hear a case worth one dollar less than the jurisdictional amount could not possibly warrant such harsh consequences as, for example, dismissal on appeal even after litigation of the merits. The jurisdictional label: use and misuse by Lees, Alex / Stanford Law Review When the jurisdictional amount is challenged, a defendant may engage in limited discovery for the purpose of ascertaining the amount in controversy. Diversity jurisdiction removal in Florida by Lucas, Matthew C. / Florida Bar Journal			jural Juramentae corporalia Juramentum est indivisibile Juramentum judiciale Jurare est deum in testum vocare jurat Jurat practice Jurata Jurato creditur in judicio Juratores sunt judices facti Jurats Jure jurgium juridic juridical Juridical days Jurimetrics Juris Juris Doctor Juris effectus in executione consistit Juris et de jure jurisconsult jurisdiction Jurisdiction clause jurisdiction of the court jurisdictional amount Jurisdictional Dispute jurisdictionally sound jurisprudence jurisprudent jurisprudential jurist juristic Juristic Act juristical jurists juror jurors jury Jury box jury charge Jury Commission jury deliberations jury fees Jury list jury nullification jury of one's peers jury panel Jury Selection jury stress jury tampering			Juris prudentes Juris prudentes Juris prudentes Juris prudentes Juris Scientiae Doctor Juris utriusque doctor Juris-Classeur Périodique jurisconsult jurisconsult jurisconsult jurisconsults jurisconsults jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction Jurisdiction Area Network Jurisdiction clause Jurisdiction in rem Jurisdiction in rem Jurisdiction in rem Jurisdiction Information Parameter Jurisdiction of England and Wales jurisdiction of the court Jurisdiction Point of Contact jurisdictional jurisdictional jurisdictional jurisdictional jurisdictional amount Jurisdictional and Classification Determination Jurisdictional Arbitrage Jurisdictional Dispute Jurisdictional Officer Jurisdictional Reference Network Jurisdictional Urban Runoff Management Program Jurisdictional Working Group jurisdictionally jurisdictionally jurisdictionally jurisdictionally jurisdictionally sound Jurisdictions Jurisdictions Jurisdictions Jurisdictions Jurisdictive Jurisdoctorate Jurispendence Jurispendence Jurispendence Jurispendence jurisprudence jurisprudence jurisprudence jurisprudence Jurisprudence Administrative Bernoise Jurisprudence des Autorités Administratives de la Confédération Jurisprudencia jurisprudent

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