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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:3-45

  • 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 local board may pass, alter or amend ordinances and make rules and regulations to declare and define what shall constitute a nuisance in lots, streets, docks, wharves, vessels and piers, and all public or private places within its jurisdiction.