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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 22-3-580

  • 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.
Magistrates shall have jurisdiction of the offenses of buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen goods and other property, when they would have jurisdiction of the larceny of the same goods or property.