{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-jurisdiction-act-1890/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-jurisdiction-act-1890/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/53-54/37",
  "legislation_title": "Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-jurisdiction-act-1890",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Definitions.",
  "text": "In this Act,—\nThe expression “foreign country” means any country or place out of Her Majesty’s dominions:\nThe expression “British court in a foreign country” means any British court having jurisdiction out of Her Majesty’s dominions in pursuance of an Order in Council whether made under any Act or otherwise:\nThe expression “jurisdiction” includes power.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/53-54/37/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:34:02.856355+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}