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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:5-180

  • 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.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
This act shall not apply to any employer subject to the provisions of section 34:6-141 of the Revised Statutes, to any employer subject to the provisions of chapter 197 of the laws of 1954, to any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of, control, supervision and regulation by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners in the Department of Public Utilities of this State, to any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of, control, supervision and regulation by a Federal regulatory body, or to natural gas pipeline utilities subject to the provisions of the New Jersey Natural Gas Safety Act (chapter 166 of the laws of 1952).

L.1962, c. 45, s. 15.