Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 191 – Inherent judicial power
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Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 191
- 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.
A court possesses inherently all of the power necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction even though not granted expressly by law.