Original jurisdiction refers to

a. the supreme court’s authority to hear a case for the first time.
b. the supreme court’s authority to hear a case from a lower court.
c. lower court’s authority to hear a case from the executive branch.
d. a lower court’s authority to hear a case from the legislative branch.

Original jurisdiction refers to : A. the Supreme Court’s authority to hear a case for the first time.

Original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, It has the exclusive right to hear all cases that deal with disputes between states, or between states and the union government. It also has original jurisdiction over cases brought to the court by ordinary people regarding issues to the importance of society at large. In common law legal systems, original jurisdiction refers to the right of the Supreme court to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.

In the United States, courts having original jurisdiction are referred to as trial courts. In certain types of cases, the U.S. Supreme Court has original jurisdiction concurrently with lower courts. Whereas in India, the Supreme Court has original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction. The Supreme Court has special advisory jurisdiction in matters which may specifically referred by the President of India under Article 143 of the Indian Constitution.

Grade:  9

Subject:  history

Chapter:  Original jurisdiction

Keywords:  Original jurisdiction

i think the answer is c

explanation:

c. print money only as needed

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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