Terms Used In South Carolina Code 59-129-10

  • 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.
Palmer College, which was merged into the State Technical and Comprehensive Education System on July 1, 1973, is hereby declared to be a State educational institution under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education as of July 1, 1973, with all such privileges and immunities as attach thereto.