subject-matter
21subject matter jurisdiction — Term refers to court s power to hear and determine cases of the general class or category to which proceedings in question belong; the power to deal with the general subject involved in the action. Standard Oil Co. v. Montecatini Edison S. p. A …
22subject-matter jurisdiction — Term refers to court s power to hear and determine cases of the general class or category to which proceedings in question belong; the power to deal with the general subject involved in the action. Standard Oil Co. v. Montecatini Edison S. p. A …
23subject matter of action — See jurisdiction of the subject matter; subject of the action …
24subject matter jurisdiction — noun In the law of civil procedure, the ability of a court to hear a case based on the authority granted to the court to hear that particular type of case. The divorce court was overturned when it rendered a criminal conviction against a party,… …
25subject matter of act — Same as subject matter of statute …
26subject matter — Synonyms and related words: argument, basis, burden, case, chapter, concern, essence, focus of attention, focus of interest, gist, head, heading, issue, living issue, main point, matter, matter in hand, meat, motif, motive, point, point at issue …
27subject matter — 1. the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style. 2. the matter that is subject to some action. 3. the matter out of which a thing is formed. [1590 1600] * * * …
28subject-matter — n. Subject, topic, matter, theme, object matter …
29subject matter — /ˈsʌbdʒɛkt mætə/ (say subjekt matuh) noun 1. the substance of a discourse, book, writing, or the like, as distinguished from its form or style. 2. the matter which is subject to some action or operation. 3. the matter out of which a thing is… …
30subject matter — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. essentials, contents, essence; see subject 1 , topic . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about: argument, matter, point, subject, text, theme, topic. See MEANING …
