California Codes > Water Code > Division 5 > Part 2 > Chapter 4 > Article 2 – Definitions
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- County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
- 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: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18