Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico

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branch of government court system judicial branch

The Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico is the commonwealth’s independent court system, headed by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and responsible for interpreting and applying Puerto Rican and applicable federal law.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government → court system → judicial branch →
alsoKnownAs	Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico → Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico →
appliesJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico → territory of Puerto Rico →
budgetSource	Government of Puerto Rico →
capitalJurisdiction	San Juan, Puerto Rico →
constitutionalStatus	independent branch of government →
country	Puerto Rico →
courtLevels	Supreme Court → intermediate appellate court → trial courts →
employs	court personnel of Puerto Rico → judges of Puerto Rico →
establishedBy	Constitution of Puerto Rico →
governingBody	Supreme Court of Puerto Rico →
hasChiefJudgeTitle	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico →
hasNumberOfLevels	3 →
hasPart	Administrative Director of the Courts of Puerto Rico → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico → Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico → Judicial Council of Puerto Rico → Municipal Courts of Puerto Rico → Office of Court Administration of Puerto Rico → Supreme Court of Puerto Rico →
headquartersLocation	San Juan, Puerto Rico →
highestCourt	Supreme Court of Puerto Rico →
independenceFrom	Executive Branch of Puerto Rico → Legislative Branch of Puerto Rico →
interprets	Constitution of Puerto Rico → applicable federal law → laws of Puerto Rico →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Spanish →
legalSystem	civil law → mixed civil law and common law system →
officialWebsite	https://www.ramajudicial.pr →
partOf	Government of Puerto Rico →
responsibleFor	administration of justice in Puerto Rico → application of Puerto Rican law → application of applicable federal law → interpretation of Puerto Rican law →
typeOfCases	administrative law cases → civil cases → constitutional cases → criminal cases → family law cases →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico → Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico → Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ("Judiciary of Puerto Rico") → Municipal Court of Puerto Rico →	partOf
Article VIII – Transitory Provisions ("courts of Puerto Rico") → Puerto Rico Rules of Evidence ("courts of Puerto Rico") →	appliesTo
Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico ("Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico") →	alsoKnownAs
Article VI – General Provisions ("courts of Puerto Rico") →	enforcedBy
Government of Puerto Rico →	hasJudicialBranch
Organic Act of the Judiciary of Puerto Rico →	regulates
Article V – The Judicial Branch ("judicial branch of Puerto Rico") →	subject
Laws of Puerto Rico Annotated ("courts of Puerto Rico") →	usedBy