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Court , COURT
A judicial tribunal established to administer justice. An entity in the government to which the administration of justice is delegated. In a br… Ecclesiastical Courts , ecclesiastical courts have existed alongside secular courts from the Norman Conquest onwards, though their activities were much diminished after the… State Courts , Judicial tribunals established by each of the fifty states.
Each of the fifty state court systems in the United States operates independently under t… Federal Courts , The U.S. judicial tribunals created by Article III of the Constitution, or by Congress, to hear and determinejusticiablecontroversies.
The Constituti… Judicature Acts , Judicature Acts, 1873–5. These Acts brought about a much needed reorganization of the courts in England and Wales. Before the Acts there were a numbe… Writ , Writ
An order issued by a court requiring that something be done or giving authority to do a specified act.
The development of English common law rel…
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