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.
Again, jurisdiction is a court's authority to hear a case. There are two types of jurisdiction: jurisdiction over property and people, and subject matter jurisdiction. To keep things simple, jurisdiction over property is used to