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What does 'concurrent jurisdiction/sentence' mean?

I looked up the word 'concurrent' and found two example sentences, which I did not understand.1. The judge imposed concurrent sentences totalling 14 years for the attacks on the girls.2. There remains a large area of concurrent jurisdiction where a plantiff may still sue in either a provincial or the Federal Court.
  

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Hi, I looked up the word 'concurrent' and found two example sentences, which I did not understand. 1. The judge imposed concurrent sentences totalling 14 years for the attacks on the girls.

  • Hi, I looked up the word 'concurrent' and found two example sentences, which I did not understand.
  • 1.
  • The judge imposed concurrent sentences totalling 14 years for the attacks on the girls.
  • T he convicted person serves two sentences at the same time.
  • eg One sentnce is 5 years, one sentence is 7 years.
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Hi,

I looked up the word 'concurrent' and found two example sentences, which I did not understand.
1. The judge imposed concurrent sentences totalling 14 years for the attacks on the girls.
The convicted person serves two sentences at the same time.
eg One sentnce is 5 years, o

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