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Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-33-11-4

  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
   Sec. 4. The judges of the Clay superior court and Clay circuit court may jointly, in accordance with the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure, establish local rules for governing their courts, including rules for distribution of cases over which the judges have concurrent jurisdiction.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-10.5-16.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.