Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:1441 – Declaration of purpose
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:1441
- 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 purpose of this Chapter is to provide for uniform subject matter jurisdiction and procedure for parish courts. This Chapter is intended to implement the constitutional requirement that such courts shall have parishwide territorial jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction which shall be uniform throughout the state, all as provided by Article V, Section 15(A) of thethe Louisiana Constitution of 1974.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.