California Government Code 270 – Every person while within the State is subject to its jurisdiction …
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Every person while within the State is subject to its jurisdiction and entitled to its protection.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Terms Used In California Government Code 270
- 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.
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18