primary jurisdiction
- A legal concept, established by courts, that gives an administrative agency the first right to address specific problems before they are handled in court
- To prevent conflicting rulings, primary jurisdiction was given to the environmental agency.
- The court decided not to handle the case because it fell under the primary jurisdiction of the regulatory commission.
- The attorney argued that the dispute is within the primary jurisdiction of the antitrust commission, not the court.
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