Terms Used In N.Y. Public Authorities Law 1398

  • 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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, part or provision of this title shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, ineffective or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this title, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, part or provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.