Terms Used In Massachusetts Constitution > Part II > Chapter V Section I - The University At Cambridge, and Encouragement of Literature, Etc. -- the University

• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• 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.