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.
1 Personal jurisdiction in United States Law refers to a court's power over a particular defendant or an item of property. 2  The federal court and the state court had concurrent jurisdiction over the defendant because of the nature of the crimes.he Supreme Court of the United States of America has original jurisdiction in very few limited circumstances. Original Jurisdiction is the authority to hear a case first.