Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

minimum contacts

A nonresident defendant's forum-state connections, such as business activity or actions foreseeably leading to business activity, that are substantial enough to bring the defendant within the forum-state court's personal jurisdiction without offending traditional notions of fair play and substantial Justice. International Shoe Co. u. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 66 S.Ct. 154 (1945). - Also termed minimal contacts.