U.S. Code > Title 43 > Chapter 44 > Subchapter III – Administrative Jurisdiction
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- county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
- 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.