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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 38-525

  • 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.

Any boy or girl over whom the judge of the district court is by law given jurisdiction and authority, may be committed to such home, in the discretion of said court.