Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:6-40

  • 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 municipal authorities or local board or their properly authorized agents may at all times enter any cemetery or burial ground within the limits of their jurisdiction, examine into the condition of the same, and ascertain whether the laws regulating it are duly observed.

Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 25.