Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-6-117

  • 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 any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this part be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall render invalid the remaining part of the part, it being hereby declared to be the legislative intent not to enact the part unless that part so held invalid was included therein.