Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2001-A

  • 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.
This chapter applies exclusively to transactions when this State is the home state of the applicant or insured. Nothing in this chapter applies to the sale, solicitation, negotiation, placement or writing of contracts of insurance for any applicant or insured whose home state is in a jurisdiction other than in this State. [PL 2011, c. 331, §1 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 331, §§16, 17 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 2011, c. 331, §1 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 331, §§16, 17 (AFF).