Missouri Laws 541.160 – Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Missouri)
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 541.160
- 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 any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Where the St. Francis River or the meanderings of said river border on or form the boundary line between any counties in the state of Arkansas and the state of Missouri, the state of Missouri shall have concurrent jurisdiction over any and all violations of the criminal laws of the state of Missouri, on and to the west meandering lines of the St. Francis River.