jeffrey engberg May 4, 2010:

general or special jurisdiction All hail to David for solving his own conundrum...
I might suggest "general jurisdiction" versus "special jurisdiction" to describe a judge's authority related to the two separate areas of law.

Per Bergvall May 4, 2010:

Med alminnelig bemyndigelse Sounds just about right. I think you got it yourself. Now let's see you award yourself the points...:-)

Christine Andersen May 4, 2010:

I was guessing at alminnelig bemyndigelse -- or something like that, but could not find it. I probably did not spell it correctly in Norwegian, as I usually work in Danish.

jeffrey engberg May 4, 2010:

alminnelig domstol... an "alminnelig domstol" is an ordinary court of law.
Possibly it refers to "general authority" to practice in the ordinary courts: conciliation boards, District/Appeals/Supreme courts, opposed to special courts/tribunals.

See these helpful link for an expanded explanation:
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/jd/dok/nouer/1999/nou-1999-...

http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-19150813-005.html

David Young (asker) May 4, 2010:

"with general authority" I think I found it! "Dommerfullmektig med alminnelig bemyndigelse" - Deputy judge with general authority.
Can anyone confirm this?