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(Slip Opinion)

(a) A “jurisdictional” prescription sets the bounds of the “court’s adjudicatory authority,” Kontrick v. Ryan, 540 U. S. 443, 455, while nonjurisdictional rules govern how courts and litigants operate within those bounds. The “jurisdictional” tag carries potentially “[h]arsh consequences.” Fort Bend County v. Davis, 587 U. S. ___, ___. For example, courts must enforce jurisdictional rules sua sponte, even in the