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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:24-9

  • court: as used in this chapter means and includes the Superior Court, municipal court and any judge having the powers of a committing magistrate. See New Jersey Statutes 40:24-9
  • 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.
  • magistrate: includes any judge, municipal magistrate or officer or other person having the powers of a committing magistrate. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
40:24-9. The word “court” as used in this chapter means and includes the Superior Court, municipal court and any judge having the powers of a committing magistrate; and jurisdiction for the purpose mentioned herein is hereby conferred upon said courts and judges respectively.

Amended 1953,c.37,s.45; 1991,c.91,s.379.