The National Hockey League was established in 1917 as the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA). Founded in 1909, the NHA began play one year later with seven teams in Ontario and Quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A court of general jurisdiction is one that has the authority to hear cases of all kinds-criminal, civil, family, probate, and so forth. All federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.
When court hears a case and the issue in question is one that it has not heard before, it is a question/case of first impression.. Jurisdiction is the power/authority of a court to decide a particular kind of case. State and federal laws determine the basis for the type of case the court may hear and the amount in question. The term, venue, refers to the geographical area for which the court has jurisdiction.