Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 751 – Concurrent jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 751
- 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.
- lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
The State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over lands acquired as national forests in the State so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with the commission of crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this section and sections 752 and 754 had not passed. The State of Maine shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters referred to in the proviso contained in section 752. [PL 2005, c. 258, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2005, c. 258, §1 (AMD).