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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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The judicial branch of Kentucky is called the Kentucky Court of Justice [8] and comprises courts of limited jurisdiction called District Courts; courts of general jurisdiction called Circuit Courts; specialty courts such as Drug Court [9] and Family Court; [10] an intermediate appellate court, the Kentucky Court of Appeals; and a court of last ...
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 ...