JURISDICTION CLAUSE. That part of a bill in chancery which is intended to
give jurisdiction of the suit to, the court, by a general averment that the'
acts complained of are contrary to equity, and tend to the injury of the
plaintiff, and that. he has no remedy, or not a complete remedy, without the
assistance of a court of equity, is called the jurisdiction clause. Mitf.
Eq. Pl. by Jeremy, 43.
2. This clause is unnecessary, for if the court appear from the bill,
to have jurisdiction, the bill will be sustained without this clause; and if
the court have not jurisdiction, the bill will be dismissed though the
clause may be inserted. Story, Eq. Pl. Sec. 34.