LEGAL DICTIONARYCLAIMANT / PETITIONERThe party that initiates the lawsuit.RESPONDENT / DEFENDANTThe party at which the claims of the lawsuit are directed.JURISDICTIONIs the issue of whether a particular court has the power to decide a dispute over a case that deals with a matter which occurred in a particular place, time, magnitude (for ex. In financial disputes the district courts in Poland can only adjudicate disputes up to 100k anything over automatically falls under the jurisdiction of the circuit courts) and is between two particular types of parties (for ex. person - person, person - country, country - country)PRECEDENTLegal precedents are past verdicts of courts. They are supporting material which offer clarification on how courts have in the past interpreted unclear laws and regulations.