Sentence examples for competent to hear from inspiring English sources

Jurisdiction also may be defined as an authority conferred upon a court (thus making it competent) to hear and determine cases and causes.

In the cases brought against India and Pakistan, the court will examine whether the tribunal based in The Hague is competent to hear the lawsuits.

"The result of this approach is that five years after the outbreak of the disease in 2010, victims have effectively been denied access to a body that is competent to hear their case and decide on its merits".

As a court also may be vested with the authority to handle matters within a certain territory, geographic distinctions are important, especially in cases when a court must decide whether opposing parties have a sufficient relationship with the geographic area in which the court has jurisdiction (in which it is competent to hear and determine the case).

For Missouri has courts of general jurisdiction competent to hear suits of this character, 13 and the judges of those courts are co-equal partners with the members of the federal judiciary in the enforcement of federal law and the Federal Constitution, see Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 1 Wheat.

At law, for example, a plaintiff's case may be dismissed because the statute of limitations has run, because it was filed in the wrong jurisdiction, because the court is not competent to hear the case, etc.

Louis-Marie de Roux, a lawyer representing the Renault family, said the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris had ruled that it was not the competent authority to hear the case, and that it should instead be heard by an administrative court.

Used to marvelous orchestras giving competent performances, it was nice to hear a competent orchestra make marvelous music.

I want Zuckerberg to come here and answer to the competent committee and I want to hear from him how Facebook actually intents to implement the GDPR after 25 May". In the hearing before the US House Committee on Commerce and Energy on 11 April, Zuckerberg stated that all the rights required under the GDPR will be applied to Americans and the rest of the world.

Having the baddies appear competent with bows and arrows only to hear them descend into bickering moments later was also a nice touch.

Jurisdiction, that which a competent court may exert, is the power to hear and determine a suit in court.