jurisdiction clause:管辖条款/司法管辖条款。指合同或协议中约定由哪一个国家/地区的法院(或特定法院)对争议拥有审理权的条款;常用于跨境交易、服务协议、平台条款等。某些情况下也会与专属管辖或非专属管辖相区分。(相关但不同的概念还有 choice of law clause “法律适用条款”。)
/ˌdʒʊrɪsˈdɪkʃən klɔːz/
The contract includes a jurisdiction clause naming the courts of Singapore.
该合同包含一项管辖条款,指定由新加坡法院管辖。
Although the parties negotiated the price for weeks, a poorly drafted jurisdiction clause later triggered a dispute over where the lawsuit had to be filed.
尽管双方就价格谈判了数周,但一项措辞不严谨的管辖条款后来引发了争议:诉讼究竟必须在哪个法院提起。
jurisdiction 来自拉丁语 jurisdictio,由 jus/juris(法律、权利)+ dicere(宣告、说)构成,原意是“宣告法律(并行使审判权)”。clause 来自拉丁语 clausa,意为“句子、条款”。合起来 jurisdiction clause 就是“规定(宣告)由谁来行使审判权的条款”。