Section 5. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity upon the petition of the department, the board, the attorney general, of any city or town or any officer thereof, or of any interested party, to restrain the erection or maintenance of any outdoor advertising erected or maintained in violation of any provisions of this chapter, and to order the removal or abatement of such outdoor advertising as a nuisance.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 93D sec. 5

  • 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.
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