And yet a saucy, decade-long legal battle over a fortune of nearly half a billion dollars hinges on this clause, which deals with the boundaries between state and federal courts in estate disputes.

• 实际上，这是适用于涉及州立和联邦法庭之间处理财产纠纷的权限问题的条款。然而正是这一条款，让一场令人啼笑皆非、争夺大约5亿财产的诉讼持续十年之久。