Trial Courts

Trial and Appellate Courts
... Trial courts are courts that hold trials ... Sometimes termed "courts of first instance," trial courts have varying original jurisdiction ... Trial courts may conduct trials with juries as the finders of fact (these are known as jury trials) or trials in which judges act as both finders of fact and finders of ...

Pugo, La Union - Municipal Government and Politics - Court System
... The Supreme Court of the Philippines recognizes La Union (inter alia) regional trial courts and metropolitan or municipal trial courts within the province and towns, that have an over-all jurisdiction. 1980", as amended, created Regional, Metropolitan, Municipal Trial and Circuit Courts ... Regional Trial Courts ...

Lower Court
... A lower court is a court from which an appeal may be taken ... In relation to an appeal from one court to another, the lower court is the court whose decision is being reviewed, which may be the original trial court or an appellate court lower in rank than the ... In an absolute sense, a lower court is always the trial court where an appellate court is describing the actions under review from the lower court, it is ...

California Courts Of Appeal - Jurisdiction and Responsibility
... The decisions of the Courts of Appeal are binding on the Superior Courts of California, and both the Courts of Appeal and the Superior Courts are bound by the ... all published California appellate decisions are binding on all trial courts (distinct from the practice in the federal courts and in other state court systems in which trial courts are ... Court of Appeal decisions are not binding between divisions or even between panels of the same division ...

Santa Rita, Pampanga - Government and Politics - Court System
... The Supreme Court of the Philippines recognizes Bulacan, Pampanga and Nueva Ecija (inter alia) regional trial courts and metropolitan or municipal trial courts within the province ... Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980", as amended, created Regional, Metropolitan, Municipal Trial and Circuit Courts ... The law also created Metropolitan Trial Courts in each metropolitan area established by law, a Municipal Trial Court in each of the other cities or municipalities, and a Municipal ...