{{Use American English|date = March 2019}} {{Short description|Legal arrangement of court cases}} {{refimprove|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date = August 2012}}
'''Exclusive jurisdiction''' exists in civil procedure if one court has the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts. The opposite situation is concurrent jurisdiction (or non-exclusive jurisdiction) in which more than one court may take jurisdiction over the case.
Exclusive jurisdiction is typically defined in terms of subject matter.
For example, {{UnitedStatesCode|28|1334}} gives the United States district courts exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising in bankruptcy with a few exceptions.
On the federal level, exclusive jurisdiction allows the US Supreme Court to review the decisions in lower courts.
Various states usually grant exclusive jurisdiction for filing lawsuits in one particular circuit court,<ref>{{cite book|pages=30-35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEQsAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA34&dq=%22Exclusive+jurisdiction%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=|title=Hogate's Pleading and Practice: A Treatise on the Law of Pleading and Practice Under the Indiana Code of Civil Procedure, with Reference to the Most Recent Amendments Thereto and in the Light of All the Adjudicated Cases Construing Its Provisions, Volume 1|first=Enoch George|last= Hogate|year=1907|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill Co.|access-date=March 26, 2026}}</ref> police court, quasi-appellate body, or superior court.<ref>{{cite book|pages=290-292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zrg26OMeVcC&pg=RA1-PA291&dq=%22Exclusive+jurisdiction%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=|title=The American and English Encyclopedia of Law|year=1890|access-date=March 26, 2026}}</ref>
==See also== *Original jurisdiction--the power of a court to hear a case for the first time *Appellate jurisdiction--the power of a court to hear a case on appeal
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Category:Civil procedure Category:Jurisdiction {{law-stub}}