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forum shopping
or fo·rum-shop·ping
[ fawr-uhm shop-ing ]
noun
, Law.
- the act or practice of choosing a jurisdiction in which to file a lawsuit as a way of trying to increase one's chance of winning the case: Compare judge shopping ( def ).
She was accused of forum shopping after she filed her case in a state she was not a resident of, but where defamation laws are stricter.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of forum shopping1
First recorded in 1945–50
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