Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:24-1

  • 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.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The Department of Environmental Protection shall inspect as often as it may deem necessary, the various places within the jurisdiction of the State from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are taken to be distributed or sold for use as food, for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions of such oyster and clam beds and other places and the fitness of such shellfish therein or taken therefrom for use as food. L.1979, c. 321, s. 1, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.