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revision

Ordinarily, appellate jurisdiction involved a rehearing, on law as well as on fact and is invoked by an aggrieved person. Such jurisdiction may, however, be limited in some way. But revisional jurisdiction is analogous to a power of superintendence and may sometimes be exercised even without its being invoked by a party. The extent of revisional jurisdiction is defined by the statute conferring such jurisdiction. The conferment of revisional jurisdiction is generally for the purpose of keeping tribunals subordinate to the revising tribunal with the bounds of their authority to make them act to law, according to the procedure established by law and well-defined principles of justice. Revisional jurisdiction is always included in appellate jurisdiction but not vice versa. However, the question of the extent of appellate or revisional jurisdiction has to be considered in each case with reference to the language employed by the statue.

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