Terms Used In South Carolina Code 39-35-250

  • 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.
Any person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty of violating the terms of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days for each and every offense.