Terms Used In Missouri Laws 70.270

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Sovereignty shall be retained over any real property used under the terms of any contract or cooperative action within the jurisdiction and territorial limits of the municipality or political subdivision in which it is located, and to that extent shall be a limitation upon the contracting parties under the provisions of sections 70.210 to 70.320.