Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-8

  • 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.
If any chapters of Title 40A, or any section or provision thereof, shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such chapter, section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not held to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, be enforced and effectuated, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining provisions of the said chapter or section of said Title.

L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.

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