South Carolina Code 56-5-6150. Trial jurisdiction of municipal courts
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 56-5-6150
- 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.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
All municipal courts of the State may try and determine criminal cases involving violations of this chapter occurring within the respective limits of such municipalities when the penalty prescribed by this chapter for such violations does not exceed thirty days’ imprisonment nor one hundred dollars’ fine and may have trial jurisdiction over such criminal cases the same as magistrates.