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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 55

  • 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.
Exempted from this subchapter are all dams and projects licensed by or subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission under Part I of the Federal Power Act. [PL 1973, c. 103, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1973, c. 103, §2 (NEW).