Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 505 ILCS 110/15

  • 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.
     If any Section, subsection, clause, provision or portion of this Act shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction or the applicability thereof to any person, substance or product is held invalid, such holding shall not affect any other Section, subsection, clause, provision or portion of this Act, or any other person, substance or product covered by the provisions of this Act.
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