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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:2401

  • 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.

The Madison Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District, hereinafter referred to as “the district,” is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state, with full corporate powers.  The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of said district shall be the entire parish of Madison as the boundaries and limits of said parish are presently fixed by law.  

Added by Acts 1966, No. 369, §1.