emanuela.v Dec 12, 2016:

I perfecty understand Jim's poin of view, but competence is not used only in simple google searches: https://www.britannica.com/topic/competence-and-jurisdiction... (just for example). Codeluppi in his vocabulary writes "a case beyond the c. of the court", and competenza in this case is exactly what we are talking about.
Anyway, competenza has various meanings also in Italian, and one of those refers to the one he mentions (capable).
I think Garret will take all our discussions in serious consideration, and will choose whether to accept our help or not.
I thank Jim for his comment, because this is an area where we can focus on translations, and discussions are positively welcome.

James (Jim) Davis Dec 12, 2016:

@Emanuele With due respect, to my native English ears and mind "territorial competence" is simply not normal natural English. It is something found predominantly in translation: https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q="terr...
In normal English competent ("capable", but not quite "excellent") is the opposite of incompetent (incapable) highly derogatory.

emanuela.v Dec 12, 2016:

Sorry for being late, but competenza in Italy means non only territoriale, but also per materia, wih means, not only concerning the location of a court, but also the subject matter that is decided in the peculiar court. In my opinion, Competence is more complete. In addition, I think that we are speaking about "subject matter" here rather than simply territorial competence.

Howard Sugar Dec 12, 2016:

I you do not wish to simply say "jurisdiction" you might take Emanuela's suggestion and use "competence". You won't be wrong but it is simply a bit long-winded for English ears.

garrett higgins (asker) Dec 12, 2016:

yes. or 'local [territoriale] jurisdiction' maybe

Howard Sugar Dec 12, 2016:

Some translators simply ignore the repetition and say simply "jurisdiction".