Use "original jurisdiction" in a sentence

1. Annexation involving land will occur when a city or local government expands its original jurisdiction to cover more territory

2. Some courts have both original jurisdiction (that is, cases may be tried first in the court) and appellate jurisdiction.

3. The Court of Assizes convened annually in New York City to hear appeals from the inferior courts and to exercise original jurisdiction in serious criminal matters

4. Within their original jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 32 , the High Courts and the Supreme Court can issue writs against the state to set right the grievance of an aggrieved party by issuing writs / orders / injunctions , etc .

5. Suits Affecting Ambassadors, Other Public Ministers, and Consuls The earliest interpretation of the grant of original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court came in the Judiciary Act of 1789, which conferred on the federal district courts jurisdiction of suits to which a consul might be a party.