Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 21:1A-139

  • 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 commissioner shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the regulation of the manufacture, sale, transportation, storage and use of explosives. This act shall supersede any existing ordinance, by-law or resolution of any municipality or other governmental subdivision pertaining to the manufacture, sale, transportation, storage or use of explosives.

L.1960, c. 55, p. 482, s. 12.