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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-10

  • 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.

Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto be for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter or rule adopted pursuant thereto.