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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-E:17

  • 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.
The agency with jurisdiction and its officers and employees; the department and its officers and employees; members of the multidisciplinary team; the department of health and human services and its officers and employees; the county attorney or attorney general and the county attorney’s or attorney general’s employees; and those involved in the evaluation, care, and treatment of sexually violent persons committed under this chapter are immune from any civil liability for good faith conduct under this chapter.