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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.12.022

  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

Except as provided in Alaska Stat. § 47.12.025, the provisions of this chapter apply to a person who is 18 years of age or older and who is subject to the jurisdiction of this chapter due to Alaska Stat. § 47.12.020 (b) or (c). To implement Alaska Stat. § 47.12.020 (b) and (c) and this section, the term “minor” as used in this chapter includes a person described in this section.