Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 664-22

  • 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.

The circuit courts shall have jurisdiction within their respective circuits to hear and determine without the intervention of a jury all controversies respecting the fencing of land and the maintenance of fences in accordance with this part.