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The area of Kentucky where Lee County is located was a pro-union region of Kentucky [5] but the legislature that created the county was controlled by former Confederates. The town of Proctor, named for the Rev. Joseph Proctor, was the first county seat. [3] The first court was held on April 25, 1870, in the old Howerton House.
In 2019, the Kentucky Supreme Court created a Business Court Docket Pilot project in the Jefferson County Circuit Court, effective January 1, 2020. [1] Circuit judges serve in eight-year terms. There are 57 circuits, which may have one or more judges, depending on the population and docket size.
Courts of Kentucky include: Kentucky Court of Justice. Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975, [1] judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following: [2] Kentucky Supreme Court [3] Kentucky Court of Appeals [4] Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits ...
The term originated in England; it was recorded in the form "doggette" in 1485, and later also as doket, dogget(t), docquett, docquet, and docket. [4] The derivation and original sense are obscure, although it has been suggested that it derives from the verb "to dock", in the sense of cutting short (e.g. the tail of a dog or horse); [4] a long document summarised has been docked, or docket ...
The Kentucky Court of Justice is headed by the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth. The chief justice is appointed by and is an elected member of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. The current chief justice is Debre H. Lambert, the commonwealth's first woman to serve in the position.
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The District Courts are trial courts of limited jurisdiction that hear misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic violations, violations of county and municipal ordinances and small claims. [1]
Lee County: 129: Beattyville: 1870: Breathitt County, Estill County, Owsley County, and Wolfe County: Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), a confederate general during the Civil War 7,293: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Leslie County: 131: Hyden: 1878: Clay County, Harlan County and Perry County: Preston Leslie, twenty-sixth Governor of Kentucky (1871–75 ...