Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 33.37

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • County board: means the county board of supervisors. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • 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.
   (1)    Where the proposed district is in more than one county, the county board of the county within which the largest portion, by valuation, of the proposed district lies shall have jurisdiction under ss. 33.24 to 33.28.
   (2)   The county within which the largest portion, by valuation, of a district lies shall have jurisdiction on motions for attachment under s. 33.33 (2) (b) and on petitions for dissolution under s. 33.35.