Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:14-45

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
When a road or section of road constructed by the board of chosen freeholders prior to March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, lies within the corporate limits of a city having a population in excess of twelve thousand, it shall be exclusively under the jurisdiction and control of the city, and shall be repaired and maintained by it, but this provision shall not extend to roads maintained under sections 27:17-2 to 27:17-13 of this title.