In this chapter:

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 755.001

  • 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.
  • Population: means that shown by the most recent regular or special federal census. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)   “Judge” means municipal judge.
   (2)   “Judicial administrative district” means the judicial administrative district having the largest portion of the population in the jurisdiction served by the judge.
   (3)   “Records” mean all of the records subject to SCR chapter 72.