Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 266-4.5

  • 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.

Whenever any disposition of public land is made by the department of transportation, under its powers relating to public lands under its jurisdiction, to any persons, organizations, associations, corporations or clubs for recreational or social purposes, such leases, licenses, permits or right-of-entry, or any extensions thereof, covering the disposition of public lands shall contain provisions reserving adequate public right of way or public access to adjacent public areas over and across the public land disposed.