Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:3-7

  • 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.
The detour road so selected shall be the shortest practicable route from and to the road temporarily closed, and the governing body selecting it shall have full and complete jurisdiction over it, except as hereinafter provided, so long as it shall be used as a detour road.