Section 13. The department may inquire into the rates, charges, regulations, practices, equipment and services of common carriers in this commonwealth, and elsewhere, rendering any service of a kind subject to its jurisdiction.

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 159 sec. 13

  • 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.