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  2. List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania

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    This is a list of former and current non-federal courthouses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough designated as the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse for the court of general jurisdiction, the Court of Common Pleas. Other courthouses are used by the three state-wide appellate courts ...

  3. Pennsylvania courts of common pleas - Wikipedia

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    The courts of common pleas are organized into 60 judicial districts, 53 comprising one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and seven comprising two counties. Each district has from one to 101 judges. Judges of the common pleas courts are elected to ten-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district. In ...

  4. Judiciary of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    All persons have an unlimited right of appeal from the minor courts (magisterial district courts and Philadelphia Municipal Court) to the courts of common pleas. This is not an appeal in a traditional sense (meaning a party contests the legality of a specific action or entry of evidence), rather the party formally seeks a trial de novo (new ...

  5. Courts of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Former colonial and state courts of Pennsylvania. Provincial Court (1684-1722) Orphans' Courts (1688-1968 when merged with Courts of Common Pleas) Justice of the Peace Courts (1682 - now Magisterial District Courts) Court for the Trial of Negroes (1700-1780) District Courts (1811-1873) County Courts (1682-1722) Court of Chancery (1720-1735)

  6. First Judicial District of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Criminal dockets would be CP-51-CR-*****-2007. CP denotes the court, in this case, Common Pleas. 51 is the county code, in this case Philadelphia County. CR denotes the type of case, criminal. The * represents the case number and the last four digits are the year the case was created.

  7. Portage County clerk faces challenge on Nov. ballot - AOL

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    The clerk of courts office keeps records for the common pleas, municipal, appeals and domestic relations courts. The juvenile and probate courts, which have the same judge, have their own clerk.

  8. Court of Common Pleas - Wikipedia

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    The only remaining courts retaining the name "court of common pleas" are therefore in the United States: the Courts of Common Pleas of Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Delaware. Of these, the first two are superior trial courts of general jurisdiction , the third is the civil division of the superior trial court of general jurisdiction ...

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