1. Sometimes the term juridiction is also used to denote the judicial function or a group of courts. See, e. g., Morel 77. The French word juridiction and the English word jurisdiction are both derived from the Latin term jurisdictio. As to its meaning, see Gai Institutiones I 6; Codex Justiniani III, 13; and Digesta IIX, 1. On the terms jurisdiction and competence generally, see Smit, The Terms Jurisdiction and Competence in Comparative Law, in 10 Am. J Comp. L. 64 (1964).
2. See, e. g., Reese, The Status in This Country of Judgments Rendered Abroad, 50 Colum. L. Rev. 783, 789-90 (1950).
3. Nussbaum, Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments, 41 Colum. L. Rev. 221 (1941). The equivalent French term is compétence indirecte.
4. Franceskakis, Compétence étrangère et jugement étranger, 42 Rev. crit. dr. int. privé 17 (1853); 1 Dalloz, Répertoire de Procédure Civile et Commerciale, Compétence Internationale No. 53 (1955).
5. The translation is substantially similar to that given in Lowenfeld and De Vries, Jurisdiction in Personal Actions, A Comparison of Civil Law Views, 44 Iowa L. Rev. 306, 317 (1958). On the history of the rules, see also 3 Arminjon, Précis de Droit International Privé 180-88 (2d ed. 1952).