Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:4B-40

  • 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.
2. There is established under the jurisdiction of the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency in the Department of the Treasury an Office of Victim-Witness Assistance under the supervision of the Director of the Office of Victim-Witness Assistance.

L.1985,c.404,s.2; amended 2007, c.95, s.30.