Tennessee Code 11-18-102 – Jurisdiction retained by state – Purpose
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 11-18-102
- 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.
- Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
As to all lands acquired by the United States within this state for the purposes mentioned in § 11-18-101 or similar purposes, the state does not, by granting this consent, surrender or cede its legislative, executive and judicial jurisdiction over the same, but grants to the congress of the United States the right to enact such laws and make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect its title to and possession of such lands as may be acquired by it for such purposes, it being the intent of this section to establish a uniform consent and cession as to all lands owned or acquired by the United States within this state for the above mentioned and all other federal purposes, except those enumerated in the Constitution of the United States, article 1, § 8, to-wit: lands for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other needful buildings.