“subject-matter competence” means the aspects of a court’s jurisdiction that depend on factors other than those pertaining to the court’s territorial competence; («compétence matérielle»),
“territorial competence” means the aspects of a court’s jurisdiction that depend on a connection between:
(a) the territory or legal system of the state in which the court is established; and
(b) a party to a proceeding in the court or the facts on which the proceeding is based. («compétence territoriale»)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-07-02 11:27:34 GMT)
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"subject-matter or material competence" and "territorial competence". Sorry for the mistake...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-07-02 11:55:45 GMT)
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The competence of the courts of law between them is established through the jurisdictional competence rules. The jurisdictional competence appears under two forms:
material competence (attribution): thereby the jurisdictional prerogatives are delimited vertically between courts of law of different degrees;
territorial competence: horizontally, the prerogatives of the courts' of law are delimited, for the same degree, on different territorial circumscriptions.

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