Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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want of jurisdiction
A court's lack of power to act in a particular way or to give certain kinds of relief. ( A court may have no power to act at all, may lack authority over a person or the subject matter of a lawsuit, or may have no power to act until the prerequisites for its jurisdiction have been satisfied. - Also termed lack of jurisdiction. See JURISDICTION.