Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7A-19

  • 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 director may refuse to issue a certificate of number for any vessel required to have the certificate, unless there is furnished to the director or his agent title papers or a certificate of ownership, if required for the vessel, in conformity to this act. The director may provide by regulation for the issuance of title papers to marine equipment in possession as of the effective date of this act or marine equipment purchased in a jurisdiction that does not require or issue title papers.

L. 1984, c. 152, s.19; amended by L. 1987, c. 138, s. 9.