Georgia superior courts

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court of general jurisdiction state trial court system

Georgia superior courts are the state’s general jurisdiction trial courts that handle major civil and criminal cases, including felonies, divorces, and significant civil disputes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Georgia superior court system	4
Georgia superior courts canonical	4
Superior courts of Georgia	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of general jurisdiction ⓘ state trial court system ⓘ
alsoFundedBy	county governments ⓘ
appealsGoTo	Court of Appeals of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia Court of Appeals Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
canConduct	bench trials ⓘ jury trials ⓘ
canGrant	extraordinary writs ⓘ injunctions ⓘ
canReview	administrative decisions when authorized by statute ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the State of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fundedBy	Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
handlesCaseType	appeals from lower courts as provided by law ⓘ divorce cases ⓘ equity cases ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ habeas corpus petitions ⓘ major civil disputes ⓘ title to land cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	civil cases exceeding lower court jurisdictional limits ⓘ criminal cases above misdemeanor level ⓘ
hasChiefJudgeRole	chief judge of the circuit ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle	Superior Court Judge ⓘ
hasLevel	trial court ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdiction	cases involving divorce ⓘ cases involving equity ⓘ cases involving title to land ⓘ most felony cases in Georgia ⓘ
hasStructureType	judicial circuits ⓘ
higherThan	Georgia magistrate courts ⓘ Georgia municipal courts ⓘ Georgia probate courts ⓘ Georgia state courts ⓘ
judgeElectionType	nonpartisan election ⓘ
judgesElectedBy	voters of the judicial circuit ⓘ
judgeTermLength	4 years ⓘ
jurisdictionIn	Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
maintains	official court records of felony and major civil cases ⓘ
numberOfJudicialCircuits	49 ⓘ
oversees	grand juries in its circuit ⓘ
partOf	Judicial branch of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Judicial Branch of Georgia
provides	court of record proceedings ⓘ
subjectTo	Constitution of the State of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia Constitution Georgia laws and statutes ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Government of the State of Georgia → judicialBody → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

Clayton Judicial Circuit → partOf → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgia superior court system

Georgia probate courts → appealsGoTo → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

Judicial branch of Georgia → hasCourt → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

Georgia state courts → trialCourtsOfGeneralJurisdiction → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superior courts of Georgia

Superior Court of Carroll County → courtSystem → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

Macon Judicial Circuit → partOf → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgia superior court system

Griffin Judicial Circuit → partOf → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgia superior court system

Superior Court of Clayton County → partOf → Georgia superior courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgia superior court system