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Long arm jurisdiction is a Statutory grant of jurisdiction to local Court s over foreign Defendant s. A state's ability to confer jurisdiction is limited by the Constitution . This jurisdiction permits a Court to hear a case against a Defendant and enter a binding Judgment against a defendant residing outside the state's jurisdiction. That is, without a long arm statute, a state's court may not have Personal Jurisdiction over a particular defendant. Generally, the authority of a Court to exercise long arm jurisdiction must be based upon some action of the Defendant which subjects him or her to the Jurisdiction of the Court . In the United States , some states long arm statutes refer to specific acts, for example Tort s or Contract cases, which a court may entertain. Other states, like California , broadly grant jurisdiction "on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or the United States." The use of a long arm statute is usually constitutional where the defendant has certain Minimum Contact s with the forum state and there has been reasonable Notice of the action against him or her. |
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