Content deleted Content added
→References: create new section header |
m fix dab link |
||
Line 2:
{{Italic title}}
{{Conflict of laws}}
'''''Forum non conveniens''''' ([[Latin]] for "an inconvenient forum"<ref>{{cite web |title=Forum Non Conveniens |url=https://dictionary.thelaw.com/forum-non-conveniens/ |publisher=The Law.com and Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Ed. |accessdate=13 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Forum Non-Conveniens Law and Legal Definition |url=https://definitions.uslegal.com/f/forum-non-conveniens/ |publisher=USLegal.com |accessdate=13 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Forum non conveniens |url=https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/2-341-8952?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true&bhcp=1 |publisher=Thomson Reuters Practical Law UK |accessdate=13 September 2019}}</ref>) ('''FNC''') is a mostly [[common law]] [[legal doctrine]] whereby a court "acknowledges that another forum or court is more appropriate and sends the case to such a forum. A change of [[Venue (law)|venue]], where another venue is more appropriate to adjudicate a matter, such as the jurisdiction within which an accident occurred and where all the witnesses reside."<ref>{{cite web |title=Forum Non Conveniens |url=https://dictionary.thelaw.com/forum-non-conveniens/ |publisher=The Law.com and Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Ed. |accessdate=13 September 2019}}</ref>
As a doctrine of the [[conflict of laws]], ''forum non conveniens'' applies between courts in different countries and between courts in different [[jurisdiction (area)|jurisdiction]]s in the same country. ''Forum non conveniens'' is not applicable between counties or federal districts within a state.{{cn|date=September 2019}}
| |||