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federal question — see question 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. federal question … Law dictionary
federal question — noun (U.S.) a cause of action brought in a court under the United States Constitution or a federal statutes. A federal question gives rise to federal question jurisdiction … Wiktionary
Federal question jurisdiction — is a term used in the United States law of civil procedure to refer to the situation in which a United States federal court has subject matter jurisdiction to hear a civil case because the plaintiff has alleged a violation of the Constitution,… … Wikipedia
federal question jurisdiction — see jurisdiction Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. federal question jurisdiction … Law dictionary
federal question jurisdiction — Cases arising under Constitution of United States, Acts of Congress, or treaties, and involving their interpretation and application, and of which jurisdiction is given to federal courts, are commonly described as involving a federal question.… … Black's law dictionary
federal question jurisdiction — Cases arising under Constitution of United States, Acts of Congress, or treaties, and involving their interpretation and application, and of which jurisdiction is given to federal courts, are commonly described as involving a federal question.… … Black's law dictionary
federal question jurisdiction — noun (U.S.) the authority that a United States federal court has to hear a cause of action brought under the United States Constitution or federal statutes … Wiktionary
question — ques·tion n 1: a particular query directed to a witness compare interrogatory hy·po·thet·i·cal question /ˌhī pə the ti kəl/: a question directed to an expert witness (as a physician) that is based on the existence of facts offered in evidence and … Law dictionary
federal — fed·er·al adj [Latin foeder foedus compact, league] 1: of or constituting a form of government in which power is distributed between a central authority and a number of constituent territorial units (as states) a federal government 2: of or… … Law dictionary
Federal Marriage Amendment — The Federal Marriage Amendment H.J. Res. 56 (FMA) (also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would have limited marriage in the United States to unions of … Wikipedia
