Limited jurisdiction means that the court shall only hear certain types of cases, for example family issues, bankruptcy, inheritance, or those cases where the amount of money subject to controversy is below a specific amount. In the United States, most of courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. These courts are also known as "courts of special jurisdiction".
Some attributes of limited jurisdiction courts are the following: they handle plenty of cases; they are small in size; they are locally funded; the venue is in the community.
