Montana Code 3-10-111. What provisions of code applicable to justices’ courts
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3-10-111. What provisions of code applicable to justices’ courts. Because justices’ courts are courts of peculiar and limited jurisdiction, only those provisions of this code which are, in their nature, applicable to the organization, powers, and course of proceedings in justices’ courts or which have been made applicable by special provisions in this chapter, chapter 31 of Title 25, and Title 27 are applicable to justices’ courts and the proceedings therein.
Terms Used In Montana Code 3-10-111
- 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.