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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 70-39

  • 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.
  • remains: means any part of the body of a deceased human being in any stage of decomposition. See North Carolina General Statutes 70-28

(a) Human skeletal remains acquired from commercial biological supply houses or through medical means are not subject to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-37(a).

(b) Human skeletal remains determined to be within the jurisdiction of the medical examiner according to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-383 are not subject to the prohibitions contained in this Article. (1981, c. 853, s. 2; 2007-484, s. 11(c).)