Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 79-1484

  • 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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

If any sentence, clause, subsection or section of this act is held unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of the act not so held unconstitutional or invalid.