Terms Used In Michigan Laws 123.591

  • 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.
   The boards of supervisors of any county in the portions of such county outside incorporated cities and villages may regulate by ordinance the sanitation requirements and the location of houseboats on those portions of the lakes, rivers, canals and waterways of the county under their control and jurisdiction.