Quebec courts in civil matters

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Quebec courts in civil matters are the judicial bodies in the province of Quebec responsible for resolving private legal disputes under Quebec’s civil law system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system
judicial body collection
administers Quebec Civil Code
surface form: Quebec private law
appliesInJurisdiction Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec
appliesStatute Quebec Civil Code
surface form: Civil Code of Québec

Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec)
basedOn Quebec Civil Code
surface form: Civil Code of Québec
constitutionalFramework Constitution Act, 1867
constitutionalProvision section 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867
country Canada
excludes criminal prosecutions
federal criminal law jurisdiction
finalAppealTo Supreme Court of Canada
firstInstanceCourt Court of Québec
small claims division
surface form: Small Claims Division of the Court of Québec

Superior Court of Quebec
governedBy Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec)
surface form: Quebec Code of Civil Procedure
governs civil liability
contract law
family law
private law disputes
property law
successions law
hasAdministrativeTribunals Quebec administrative tribunals in civil matters
hasAppellateCourt Quebec Court of Appeal
hasCourt Court of Québec
Municipal courts of Quebec
small claims division
surface form: Small Claims Division of the Court of Québec
hasSuperiorCourt Superior Court of Quebec
hasTopCourt Supreme Court of Canada
hears applications for injunctions
civil appeals from lower courts
class actions
commercial disputes
historicalInfluence French civil law tradition
intermediateAppealTo Quebec Court of Appeal
languageOfProceedings English
French
legalSystem civil law
overseenBy Ministry of Justice (Quebec)
surface form: Quebec Ministry of Justice
recognizesAppealRights appeals to Quebec Court of Appeal
appeals to Supreme Court of Canada with leave
subjectMatter civil disputes between private parties
disputes between individuals
disputes between individuals and private organizations
uses adversarial procedure
oral hearings
written pleadings

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Quebec Civil Code usedBy Quebec courts in civil matters
Book One – Persons usedBy Quebec courts in civil matters
this entity surface form: courts of Quebec
Book Two – The Family usedBy Quebec courts in civil matters
this entity surface form: Quebec courts
Book Four – Property system Quebec courts in civil matters
this entity surface form: Quebec civil law system
Book Seven – Evidence usedBy Quebec courts in civil matters
this entity surface form: Quebec courts
Book Seven – Evidence appliesIn Quebec courts in civil matters
this entity surface form: Quebec civil courts
Book Ten – Private International Law usedBy Quebec courts in civil matters
this entity surface form: Quebec courts