Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27-22.2

  • 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.
Any official of any municipality who shall violate the provisions of this act in any municipality under the jurisdiction of the municipal finance commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly.

L.1938, c. 169, p. 380, s. 2.