forum nonconveniens

forum nonconveniens definition - legal

n

Latin

In litigation: the doctrine that a court may decline jurisdiction of a case, based on factors such as residence of the parties, thus allowing or causing another more convenient court to take the case.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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