Of the same order, rank, degree, or authority; concurrent; without any distinction of superiority and inferiority; as, courts of ” co-ordinate jurisdiction .” See JURISDICTION. Co-ordinate and subordinate are terms often applied as a test to ascertain the doubtful meaning of clauses in an act of parliament . If there be two, one of which is grammatically governed by the other, it is said to be “subordinate” to it; but, if both are equally governed by some third clause, the two are called “co-ordinate.” Wharton.
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