FORUM NON CONVENIENS


Meaning of FORUM NON CONVENIENS in English

-ˌnänkənˈvinēˌen(t)s

Etymology: New Latin, literally, unsuitable tribunal

: a doctrine whereby a court of law having full jurisdiction over a case brought in a proper venue or district declines to determine the case on its merits because justice would be better served by the trial of the case in another jurisdiction or district

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