Jay then cited the provision in the Constitution giving the federal courts jurisdiction over disputes between states and citizens of another state, which did not exclude states from being defendants.

杰伊随后引用了宪法中赋予联邦法院对各州与另一州公民之间的纠纷拥有管辖权的条款，这并不排除各州成为被告。

The statute grants American district courts jurisdiction over “any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or of a treaty of the United States”.

该法准许美国地区法院受理“外籍人士提出的任何违反美国法律或者条约（仅限侵权行为)相关的民事诉讼”。