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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3104

  • 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.
  • Juvenile: means a person who had not attained 18 years of age at the time the person allegedly committed a juvenile crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to take away from the juvenile court any jurisdiction or duties conferred upon the court by general law, nor to take away from the District Court jurisdiction over offenses conferred on that court and not removed by this Part. [PL 1977, c. 520, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1977, c. 520, §1 (NEW).