Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7C-4

  • 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: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Nothing in this act shall be construed as giving a municipality jurisdiction over vessels moored, grounded, attached or fastened upon the riparian lands of the State, and over which the State asserts sole jurisdiction.

L.1969, c. 264, s. 4, eff. Jan. 9, 1970.