Circuit Courts of Maryland

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court of general jurisdiction state trial court system

The Circuit Courts of Maryland are the state's primary trial courts of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and jury trials across Maryland’s counties.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maryland Circuit Courts	2
Circuit Court for Baltimore City	1
Circuit Court for Prince George's County	1
Maryland circuit courts	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of general jurisdiction ⓘ state trial court system ⓘ
appealsTo	Appellate Court of Maryland ⓘ Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	circuit court judges ⓘ clerks of court ⓘ magistrates ⓘ
governedBy	Maryland Code ⓘ Constitution of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland Constitution
handles	jury trials in civil cases ⓘ jury trials in criminal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	appeals from District Court of Maryland ⓘ child custody cases ⓘ child support cases ⓘ divorce cases ⓘ equity cases ⓘ family law matters ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ guardianship cases ⓘ jury demands from District Court of Maryland ⓘ jury trials ⓘ juvenile cases ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ serious civil disputes ⓘ
hasPart	Circuit Court for Allegany County ⓘ Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County ⓘ Circuit Courts of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Circuit Court for Baltimore City Circuit Court for Baltimore County ⓘ Circuit Court for Calvert County ⓘ Circuit Court for Caroline County ⓘ Circuit Court for Carroll County ⓘ Circuit Court for Cecil County ⓘ Circuit Court for Charles County ⓘ Circuit Court for Dorchester County ⓘ Circuit Court for Frederick County ⓘ Circuit Court for Garrett County ⓘ Circuit Court for Harford County ⓘ Circuit Court for Howard County ⓘ Circuit Court for Kent County ⓘ Montgomery County Circuit Court ⓘ surface form: Circuit Court for Montgomery County Circuit Courts of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Circuit Court for Prince George's County Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County ⓘ Circuit Court for Somerset County ⓘ Circuit Court for St. Mary's County ⓘ Circuit Court for Talbot County ⓘ Circuit Court for Washington County ⓘ Circuit Court for Wicomico County ⓘ Circuit Court for Worcester County ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Maryland ⓘ
numberOfCourts	24 ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Maryland ⓘ
superiorTo	District Court of Maryland ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Constitution of Maryland → establishesBody → Circuit Courts of Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland circuit courts

District Court of Maryland → hasAppealTo → Circuit Courts of Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Circuit Courts

Circuit Courts of Maryland → hasPart → Circuit Courts of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circuit Court for Baltimore City

Circuit Courts of Maryland → hasPart → Circuit Courts of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circuit Court for Prince George's County

District Court of Maryland → isSubordinateTo → Circuit Courts of Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Circuit Courts

Government of Maryland → trialCourt → Circuit Courts of Maryland ⓘ