Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:30B-2

  • 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.
46:30B-2. Construction. Except for the provisions of this chapter which apply solely to this jurisdiction, this chapter shall be applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this law among states enacting it. Source: New.

L.1989, c. 58, s.1.