§ 113-316 General statement of purpose and effect of revisions of Subchapter IV made in 1965 and 1979

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 113 > Article 24 - Miscellaneous Transitional Provisions

  • 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.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3