New Jersey Statutes 26:3-11. Territorial jurisdiction of local board
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:3-11
- 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.
In any township within whose limits any other form of local municipal government exists, the jurisdiction of the local board of the township shall extend only to such parts of the township as are outside of the territorial limits of the other local municipal government. In every other case the jurisdiction of the township board shall be coextensive with the limits of the township.