pendent jurisdiction
US Law
noun
The discretionary jurisdiction of a federal court over claims pending under state laws where there is also a claim under federal law arising from the same case; also called supplemental jurisdiction.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in West's Federal Reporter.
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