California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Tide Water Associated Oil Co. v. Superior Court, 270 P.2d 568 (Cal. App. 1954):
'In 21 Cal.Jur., p. 583 it is said, 'Jurisdiction is power or 'authority to hear and determine a cause.' It does not depend upon the regularity of the exercise of that power or upon the rightfulness of the decisions there made, and the writ of prohibition is not, as a consequence, available to restrain or correct error,--to regulate or control procedure * * *'.
'In Abelleira v. District Court of Appeal, 17 Cal.2d 280, 287, 109 P.2d 942, 946,
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