Pennsylvania courts

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judicial branch institution state court system

Pennsylvania courts are the state judicial bodies of Pennsylvania that interpret and apply state law through a hierarchical system of trial and appellate courts.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Pennsylvania courts canonical	9
courts of Pennsylvania	6
Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System	5
Pennsylvania judiciary	5
courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	5
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania	4
Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania	3
Pennsylvania appellate courts	3
Judicial branch of Pennsylvania	1
Judiciary of Pennsylvania	1
Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas	1
Pennsylvania state court system	1
Pennsylvania state courts	1
appellate courts of Pennsylvania	1
judicial branch of Pennsylvania	1
judicial system of Pennsylvania	1
trial courts of Pennsylvania	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial branch institution ⓘ state court system ⓘ
administeredBy	Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts ⓘ
appliesJurisdictionOver	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
appliesLaw	Pennsylvania common law ⓘ Pennsylvania statutes ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	Pennsylvania courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judicial branch of Pennsylvania
country	United States of America ⓘ
employs	court administrators ⓘ court clerks ⓘ judges ⓘ magisterial district judges ⓘ
governingDocument	Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Constitution, Article V
hasCourtLevel	court of last resort ⓘ intermediate appellate courts ⓘ trial courts ⓘ
hasHighestCourt	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasIntermediateAppellateCourt	Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasJudicialDisciplineBody	Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline ⓘ Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	administrative appeals ⓘ appeals from trial courts ⓘ civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ family law cases ⓘ juvenile cases ⓘ probate cases ⓘ
hasMinorCourt	Magisterial District Courts of Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ Pittsburgh Municipal Court ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.pacourts.us/ ⓘ
hasProfessionalRegulationBody	Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasTrialCourt	Pennsylvania courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania
highestCourtAlsoSitsIn	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
highestCourtLocatedIn	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
interprets	Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ Pennsylvania state law ⓘ
legalSystemType	common law ⓘ
partOf	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Government of Pennsylvania
regulatedBy	Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
selectionMethodForJudges	gubernatorial appointment to fill vacancies with Senate confirmation ⓘ partisan election ⓘ
servesPopulation	residents of Pennsylvania ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the United States (on federal questions)
usesAlternativeDisputeResolution	court-annexed arbitration in some civil cases ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dallas Reports → reportsDecisionsOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Pennsylvania courts → branchOfGovernment → Pennsylvania courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania courts → hasTrialCourt → Pennsylvania courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania

Dall. → coversCourt → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Dallas → includesJurisdiction → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Fayette County Courthouse → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: judicial system of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania judiciary

Pennsylvania Constitution → separationOfPowers → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → isPartOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judiciary of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Municipal Court → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

Superior Court of Pennsylvania → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

Superior Court of Pennsylvania → reviewsAppealsFrom → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Municipal Court → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

Magisterial District Courts of Pennsylvania → appealsTo → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania

Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts → worksWith → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas

Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas → courtSystem → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System

Edward Shippen IV → memberOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania judiciary

39th Judicial District of Pennsylvania → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System

Criminal Division → legalSystem → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Criminal Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court)

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System

Pa.R.C.P. → appliesTo → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania state courts

Pa.R.A.P. → appliesTo → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania appellate courts

Pennsylvania statutes → interpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System

Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure → legalSystem → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania state court system

Pa.R.E. → appliesIn → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania appellate courts

Pennsylvania Judicial Code → enforcedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

AOPC → partOf → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System

Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforcedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → oversees → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: appellate courts of Pennsylvania

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → oversees → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: trial courts of Pennsylvania

Article VII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforcedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Article XII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforcedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of Pennsylvania

Article XIII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of Pennsylvania

Article XIII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Article VIII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforcedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Article XV of the Pennsylvania Constitution → isEnforceableBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of Pennsylvania

Article XVI of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania judiciary

Article XVI of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforcedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Article XVI of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania appellate courts

Article XVII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforcedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of Pennsylvania

Article XIX of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforceableBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of Pennsylvania

Article XX of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Article XXI of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Article XXII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

Article XXIII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → isInterpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania judiciary

Article XXIV of the Pennsylvania Constitution → enforceableBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Article XXIV of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania judiciary

Article XXV of the Pennsylvania Constitution → isEnforceableBy → Pennsylvania courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of Pennsylvania