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HTML
<table id="description">
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
</table>
JavaScript
$("#description tr:gt(0)").each(function(){
alert('in');
})
<table id="description">
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
</table>
$("#description tr:gt(0)").each(function(){
alert('in');
})