New Hampshire Revised Statutes 592-B:1 – Jurisdiction
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 592-B:1
- 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 superior court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over felony complaints and misdemeanors and violation level charges that are directly related to those felonies. The superior court shall also have jurisdiction over de novo appeals of class A misdemeanors pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 599:1.