Terms Used In South Carolina Code 39-6-180

  • 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.
If a section, paragraph, provision, or portion of this chapter is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, this holding does not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this chapter, and for this purpose the General Assembly declares that the provisions of this act are severable from each other.
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