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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:2152.3

  • 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.

Judges of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state of Louisiana for at least eight years prior to their election, and shall have been qualified resident electors of the territorial jurisdiction of the court for at least one year prior to their election.

Acts 2010, No. 428, §1, eff. June 22, 2010.