Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:2487.11

  • 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 population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court shall be determined by the last regular federal census or any such other special census which has been conducted and is acceptable to either the city of Slidell, the Parish of St. Tammany, or the State of Louisiana for any official purpose.  

Acts 1964, No. 102, §11.