Pendent Jurisdiction
n.right given to a federal court to judge cases that should have been tried in state court but because of ceratin common facts or evidences fall under federal court jurisdiction.
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pendent jurisdiction: the historical term associated with the exercise of jurisdiction over a state-law claim by a federal court when it is joined with a federal question claim arising out of a common nucleus of operative fact.
The most important example is that state law issues, as well as other issues normally outside federal jurisdiction, can be brought into federal court under 'pendent jurisdiction' by appending them to even marginally substantial federal issues ...
when the court takes control of matters not normally under federal jurisdiction so that it can give a judgment on the entire controversy, part of which is a federal matter that it is authorized by law to determine. (See also: pendent jurisdiction) ...
 See also: Court, Federal, Jurisdiction, State, Right
  
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