Alabama Code 33-4-9. Territorial jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-4-9
- 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.
The jurisdiction of said commission, under this chapter, shall extend over the waters of Mobile Bay, Mobile River and over all tributary streams flowing into Mobile Bay and Mobile River in which the tide ebbs and flows, extending to the outer bar below Fort Morgan, Alabama, in the Gulf of Mexico.