Section 25. District courts in the towns in which the bridge terminates, shall have jurisdiction of complaints for the violation, on such bridges, of the five preceding sections.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 85 sec. 25

  • 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.