Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:15-7

  • 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.
For the purpose of preserving good order, peace and decorum upon and about farms or exhibition grounds and among the visitors and spectators to the same, the owner shall have police jurisdiction within the boundaries of any of such grounds. The owner shall not sell or permit the sale upon his grounds of any vinous, spirituous or malt liquors, or gamble or permit gambling in any form whatever upon the grounds.