New Jersey Statutes 40A:7-11. Suits and other legal proceedings unaffected
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:7-11
- 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.
- territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
All actions, appeals, prosecutions and other legal proceedings pending in a court or before any tribunal having jurisdiction within the county from which the annexed territory is taken shall not be affected by the annexation, but may be prosecuted in the county from which the territory is taken, in the same manner and before the same courts and tribunals and with like effect as if the annexation had not occurred, and judgments obtained or which may be obtained therein shall have the same effect.
L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.