Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:6A-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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
If the provisions of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act shall be adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the order or judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act and, to this end, the provisions of each section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act are declared to be severable.

L.1981, c. 96, s. 8.

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