Washington superior courts

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court of general jurisdiction state trial court system

Washington superior courts are the state’s trial-level courts of general jurisdiction that handle major civil and criminal cases, family law, and appeals from lower courts within Washington State.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Washington superior courts canonical	7
Washington Superior Courts	1
Washington courts	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of general jurisdiction ⓘ state trial court system ⓘ
alsoFundedBy	Washington State, United States ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
appealsGoTo	Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Washington State, United States ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
canConduct	bench trials ⓘ jury trials ⓘ
canIssue	injunctions ⓘ writs ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtSystemOf	Washington State, United States ⓘ surface form: Washington State
fundedBy	county governments ⓘ
governedByStatute	Revised Code of Washington ⓘ
handlesCaseType	appeals from courts of limited jurisdiction ⓘ domestic relations cases ⓘ equity cases ⓘ family law cases ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ guardianship cases ⓘ juvenile cases ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ probate cases ⓘ real property disputes ⓘ
hasJudicialOfficerType	court commissioner ⓘ superior court judge ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdictionOver	administration of estates ⓘ adoptions ⓘ child custody ⓘ civil cases above jurisdictional limit of courts of limited jurisdiction ⓘ felony offenses ⓘ matters of divorce ⓘ probate of wills ⓘ title to real property ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Washington District Courts ⓘ surface form: Washington district courts Washington municipal courts ⓘ
judgesElectedBy	voters of the judicial district ⓘ
judgeSelectionMethod	nonpartisan election ⓘ
jurisdictionType	general jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
levelOfCourt	trial court ⓘ
numberOfJudicialDistricts	39 ⓘ
organizedBy	county ⓘ
partOf	Judicial branch of Washington (state) ⓘ surface form: Judicial branch of Washington State
proceduralRules	Washington Court Rules ⓘ surface form: Washington Superior Court Civil Rules Washington Superior Court Criminal Rules ⓘ
supervisedBy	Washington Supreme Court ⓘ
termLengthOfJudges	4 years ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Washington Supreme Court → isHigherCourtOf → Washington superior courts ⓘ

Government of Washington (state) → hasCourt → Washington superior courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Superior Courts

Revised Code of Washington → isUsedBy → Washington superior courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington courts

Judicial branch of Washington (state) → includes → Washington superior courts ⓘ

Judicial branch of Washington (state) → trialCourtsOfGeneralJurisdiction → Washington superior courts ⓘ

Constitution of the State of Washington → judicialBodyRecognized → Washington superior courts ⓘ

Washington Court of Appeals → appealsFrom → Washington superior courts ⓘ

Washington municipal courts → distinctFrom → Washington superior courts ⓘ

Washington municipal courts → appealsHeardBy → Washington superior courts ⓘ