Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:4-117

  • 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.
A temporary port health officer shall exercise all the powers conferred upon, and perform all the duties required of, the local board of health by this article. He shall wholly supersede the local board having jurisdiction of the place for which he may be appointed in the exercise of such powers and the performance of such duties.