New Jersey Statutes 2A:53-1. Jurisdiction
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:53-1
- 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.
2A:53-1. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of declarations of intention, and of applications of aliens to become citizens of the United States.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.107.