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'''Original jurisdiction''' is the right of a [[court]] to be the first to hear a certain type of case.  For example, the [[Supreme Court]] has original jurisdiction in cases involving two or more [[state]]s, a state and the [[United States]], the citizens of another state and a state, and foreign [[diplomacy|diplomats]].<ref>U.S. Government and Politics</ref>

'''Original jurisdiction''' is the right of a [[court]] to be the first to hear a certain type of case.  Generally these courts are lower courts which only hear cases of original jurisdiction (such as a justice of the peace court hearing an eviction case).

 

However, in some cases, a court with primary appellate jurisdiction will also have original jurisdiction in other matters.  For example, the [[United States Supreme Court]] has original jurisdiction under the [[Eleventh Amendment]] in cases involving: 1) two or more [[state]]s, 2) a state and the [[United States]], 3) a state and the citizens of another state, and 4) foreign [[diplomacy|diplomats]].<ref>U.S. Government and Politics</ref>

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