Prorogated Jurisdiction
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch law. A power cohferred by consent of the parties upon a judge who wouid not otherwise be competent.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
In Scotch law, a power conferred by consent of the parties upon a judge who would not otherwise be competent. It is analogous to the authority which, by laws of some of the western states, parties may, by agreement, confer upon an individual member of the bar, to try their cause, as judge; in the case, for example, of absence or sickness of the official judge.