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2. First Judicial District of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   The Municipal Court also has jurisdiction over civil cases with an amount in controversy less than $12,000 (or $12,500 for fines and most debts owed to the City of Philadelphia, or $15,000 for delinquent real-estate taxes owed to the City and certain tax debts owed to the School District of Philadelphia). The civil division of the Municipal ...

3. Philadelphia Municipal Court - Wikipedia

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   The Civil Division is seated at the Widener Building at 1339 Chestnut Street (adjoining One South Broad). [1] The Traffic Division of Municipal Court was established by Act 17 of 2013 of the Pennsylvania General Assembly which abolished the former Philadelphia Traffic Court and transferred its jurisdiction to the Municipal Court. [3]

4. Continuance - Wikipedia

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   The absence of counsel is a recognized ground for continuance of a civil case. [98] [99] A court is not required to grant a postponement merely because a party's attorney is absent. [100] The court may require that the party seeking the continuance to show the reasons that the counsel is absent. [101] [102] [103] [104]

5. Legal remedy - Wikipedia

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   A legal remedy, also referred to as judicial relief or a judicial remedy, is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes another court order to impose its will in order to compensate for the harm of a wrongful act inflicted upon an individual.

6. Arbitration in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Arbitration, in the context of the law of the United States, is a form of alternative dispute resolution.Specifically, arbitration is an alternative to litigation through which the parties to a dispute agree to submit their respective evidence and legal arguments to a third party (i.e., the arbitrator) for resolution.

7. Forum selection clause - Wikipedia

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   In contract law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration clause, depending upon its form) in a contract with a conflict of laws element allows the parties to agree that any disputes relating to that contract will be resolved in a specific forum.