Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 79-916

  • 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 part, portion, clause, paragraph, sentence or section of this act shall be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, it is hereby declared that this act would have been passed without such part, portion, clause, paragraph, sentence or section, and such judgment or decree shall not affect the validity of any other part, portion, clause, paragraph, sentence or section hereof.