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2005-02-23 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| Jurisdiction has been defined as "the power conferred by law upon a judge or court to try a case the cognizance of which belongs to them exclusively"[31] and it constitutes the basic foundation of judicial proceedings.[32] The term derives its origin from two Latin words "jus" meaning law and the other, "dicere" meaning to declare.[33] The term has also been variably explained to be "the power of a court to hear and determine a cause of action presented to it, the power of a court to adjudicate the kind of case before it, the power of a court to adjudicate a case when the proper parties are before it, and the power of a court to make the particular decision it is asked to render."[34] | |||||