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  2. Court of Common Pleas - Wikipedia

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    A court of common pleas is a common kind of court structure found in various common law jurisdictions. The form originated with the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, [citation needed] which was created to permit individuals to press civil grievances against one another that did not involve the King. The courts of common pleas in England and ...

  3. Pennsylvania courts of common pleas - Wikipedia

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    The courts of common pleas are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state. The name derives from the medieval English court of Common Pleas. Pennsylvania established them in 1722. [1] They hear civil cases with a significant amount in controversy and trials for serious crimes. They have original jurisdiction over all cases not ...

  4. Ohio Courts of Common Pleas - Wikipedia

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    Ohio Courts of Common Pleas. The Ohio Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of the state court system of Ohio. The courts of common pleas are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state. They are the only trial courts created by the Ohio Constitution (in Article IV, Section 1). The duties of the courts are outlined in Article IV ...

  5. Judiciary of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania courts of common pleas are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction. There are 60 judicial districts, 53 of which comprise only one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and seven comprising two counties. Each district has from one to 93 judges. The courts of common pleas hear civil cases with an amount in controversy in excess ...

  6. List of courts of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The trial courts are U.S. district courts, followed by United States courts of appeals and then the Supreme Court of the United States. The judicial system, whether state or federal, begins with a court of first instance, whose work may be reviewed by an appellate court, and then ends at the court of last resort, which may review the work of ...

  7. Court of Common Pleas (England) - Wikipedia

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    The Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, was a common law court in the English legal system that covered "common pleas"; actions between subject and subject, which did not concern the king. Created in the late 12th to early 13th century after splitting from the Exchequer of Pleas, the Common Pleas served as one of the central English courts ...

  8. Court of general sessions - Wikipedia

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    The Court of General Sessions in South Carolina originally served the entire colony and met in Charles Town. It had the same justices as the Court of Common Pleas, and it dealt with criminal cases. Some records of the court date from 1671. An act in 1785 established courts in every county. [2] The current South Carolina Circuit Court has two ...

  9. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is one of Pennsylvania's two intermediate appellate courts. The Commonwealth Court's headquarters is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with jurisdiction over administrative and civil public law. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania is the other intermediate appellate court in the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial ...