Conflict
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CONFLICT. The opposition or difference between two judicial jurisdictions, when they both claim the right to decide a cause, or where they both declare their incompetency. The first is called a positive conflict, and the, latter a negative conflict.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.