What is the difference between a circuit court and district court? What is magisterial district court? What is a merit trial in district court? In Court Security, what does a bailiff do? What is the criminal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
What is a clerk of the court? Inside the Courtroom: When you think about the people in a courtroom during a case or trial, you might picture the judge and jury as well as the defense and prosecution lawyers and the people directly involved in the case. There are a number of other peop...
@Melonlity -- frankly, it is a very good idea to bring courts of law and equity together and have that circuit judge wear both hats. Circuit judges are a bit hampered in bifurcated court systems as some cases can't neatly be classified as matters at law or equity -- they often involv...
I had no idea circuit courts were called that because justices used to travel around the region on a "circuit". That is so interesting. I can only imagine how much different it would have been to have to wait for the court to come to you instead of going to the court. I wonder if...
A typical patent court will have a dedicated panel of judges that have been appointed or elected to the court. These judges have both the legal and technical background to analyze patents and provide inventors with the type of effective protection that would be difficult to achieve in a court...
The Crown Court is a constituent of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England and Wales. One example of an extreme case of the Crown Court is a high-profile case that created a media frenzy in 2010. On 21 December 2010, Stephen Griffiths, who was nicknamed "The Crossbow Cannibal," was...
A Friendly Set of Criteria In the 1960s and 70s, circuit court judge Henry Friendly created a short list of criteria for maintaining due process. While not necessarily considered law in any official sense, Friendly’s list is oftentimes considered the best evaluation of due process in the Unite...
Judge, Circuit Cout, the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan (Detroit). Judge Baum is now the President of the Conference of Conciliation Courts. Reprinted with permission from Wayne Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, Winter 1965, (p. 451–481).John Wiley And Sons, Inc.Family Court Review...
Circuit Judge - A judge who serves on an appeal court. Chief Justice - the judge who presides over a supreme court in many countries or states.
What is Superior Court Jury Duty? As trial courts with original jurisdiction, superior courts are where trials take place. All criminal defendants are entitled to a jury trial, and many civil litigants choose jury trials as well. In a jury trial, it is the jury that determines the factual ...