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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 62-5-700

  • 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.
This act may be cited as the "South Carolina Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act".