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. Some issues can be heard in both state and federal courts. The plaintiff initially decides where to bring the suit, but in some cases, the defendant can seek to change the court. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. A federal court in one state, for example, can usually only decide a case that arose from actions in that state.

The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case; The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(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.

The power of a court to hear and decide cases. Superior Court has the authority to hear cases involving all criminal statutes in the State of Delaware with the exception of a few that the legislature decided are expressly to be heard in another court. In addition to the types of charges the Court may decide, geographical considerations also apply. An action, or failure to act, may be a crime that could be heard in Superior Court if it occurred in Delaware, or had an impact upon people in Delaware. If that action, or failure to act, occurred outside of the State, and had no impact upon the people in the State, the Court may not have the jurisdiction to hear the case. The Delaware Legislature has written legislation regarding the circumstances that need to be proven by the prosecutors for someone to held accountable for violations of criminal statutes of Delaware if those violations take place outside of the State of Delaware. Superior Court also has the jurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from some other courts as defined by the court rules, statutes, and the constitution of the State. This jurisdictional power is limited in some respects. If the appeal is not filed within the proper amount of time, or if the length of the sentence, or amount of the fine is not great enough, the Court may not have the power to hear and decide the appeal.

A court’s power or authority to decide a case.

The power and authority of a court to hear and decide a particular type of case. For example, U.S. district courts have jurisdiction over cases charging violations of federal criminal laws.

Jurisdiction is the authority of the court to hear a case.

1. In telecommunications, the functional separation of telecommunications networks. A jurisdiction is one of the following four types: (a) local exchange carrier network; (b) interexchange carrier network; (c) end user network; (d) some combination of the above. [T1.256-1999] 2. Loosely, and in a more general sense, the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission as specified in the Communications Act of 1934, supplements thereto, and numerous court decisions; and the regulatory authority of state regulatory commissions as specified in the laws established by each state.

Authority to apply the law in a given territory or region. For example, the DHS USCIS district office in the area where a person lives has jurisdiction or authority to decide on a fiancé(e) petition.