Metropolitan Trial Courts

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court of law first-level court trial court

Metropolitan Trial Courts are first-level courts in the Philippines that handle minor civil and criminal cases within metropolitan areas as part of the country’s judicial system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of law ⓘ
first-level court ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
appealsGoTo Regional Trial Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
caseType civil cases within lower monetary thresholds ⓘ
criminal cases with penalties within first-level jurisdiction ⓘ
collectiveTermFor Metropolitan Trial Court branches ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Court of Appeals of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Court of Tax Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regional Trial Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandiganbayan NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Constitution of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic Act No. 7691 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rules of Court of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles minor civil cases ⓘ
minor criminal cases ⓘ
offenses punishable by lower penalties ⓘ
violations of city or municipal ordinances ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of minor disputes ⓘ
conduct of trials ⓘ
enforcement of local ordinances ⓘ
issuance of warrants and orders ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle Judge ⓘ
Presiding Judge ⓘ
hasRoleIn local administration of justice in the Philippines ⓘ
higherCourt Regional Trial Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction metropolitan areas in the Philippines ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
levelInCourtHierarchy first level ⓘ
locationType highly urbanized cities ⓘ
metropolitan cities ⓘ
organizationalScope city-wide ⓘ
metropolitan-wide ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippine judicial system NERFINISHED ⓘ
first-level courts of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose decongest higher courts ⓘ
provide accessible justice in metropolitan areas ⓘ
similarTo Municipal Circuit Trial Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Municipal Trial Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervisedBy Supreme Court of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
underAdministrativeSupervisionOf Office of the Court Administrator NERFINISHED ⓘ

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MeTC → abbreviationFor → Metropolitan Trial Courts ⓘ
Rules on Summary Procedure → appliesIn → Metropolitan Trial Courts ⓘ
Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 → establishes → Metropolitan Trial Courts ⓘ
MeTC → fullName → Metropolitan Trial Courts ⓘ