Michigan Laws 3.454 – Pictured Rocks national lakeshore; concurrent jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 3.454
- 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.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
The jurisdiction of the lands and water area described in section 1 is ceded to the United States of America upon the express condition that the state of Michigan shall retain concurrent jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons on the lands and water area, so that all civil and criminal process issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or officer having authority of law to issue process and all orders made by the court, or any judicial officer authorized to make the orders necessary to be served upon any person, may be executed upon the lands and water area in the same manner as if jurisdiction had not been ceded.