Editing Original jurisdiction (section)

{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Short description|Power of a court to hear a court case that has not been appealed by a different court}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = August 2012}}

{{more citations|date=August 2019}}
In [[common law]] legal systems, '''original jurisdiction''' of a [[court]] is the power to hear a [[Legal case|case]] for the first time, as opposed to [[appellate jurisdiction]], when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.