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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/7-1-10.5

  • 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.
     Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, if any highway that was, prior to annexation, a township highway is disconnected or de-annexed within one year after the original annexation, the jurisdiction of the highway shall revert back to the township that had jurisdiction immediately before the annexation.