Definition von trial court im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
1 Court of original jurisdiction, where matters are to be litigated first and where all evidence relative to a cause is received and considered All states differentiate between trial courts and appellant courts The distinction is that it is the function of the trial court first to determine the facts and the law in a case, with the appellant court acting predominantly as a court of review of law, but not fact
The court where a trial is held-sometimes referred to as a Circuit Court, District Court, Superior Court, County Court, Court of Common Pleas (An appeal of a trial is held in an Appellate court )
Normally the first court to hear a lawsuit This court is the forum in which the facts are determined and the law is initially applied, as opposed to an appellate court, to which decisions are appealed
The first level or entry level of the court system, regardless of the kind of law (e g family, criminal), is called trial court return to index