North Carolina Superior Court

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court of general jurisdiction state trial court

The North Carolina Superior Court is the state’s general jurisdiction trial court that handles major civil and criminal cases, including felony trials and significant civil disputes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
North Carolina Superior Court canonical 3
North Carolina Superior Court District 22A 1
North Carolina Superior Court District 7 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of general jurisdiction ⓘ
state trial court ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: State of North Carolina
canGrantRemedy declaratory judgments ⓘ
injunctive relief ⓘ
monetary damages ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employs Superior Court judges ⓘ
clerks of superior court ⓘ
court reporters ⓘ
trial court administrators ⓘ
governingLaw North Carolina state constitution ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Constitution

North Carolina General Statutes ⓘ
handlesCaseType appeals from North Carolina District Court in certain cases ⓘ
civil disputes involving larger amounts in controversy ⓘ
felony criminal cases ⓘ
major civil cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver all felony criminal offenses committed in North Carolina ⓘ
civil cases exceeding the monetary limit of North Carolina District Court ⓘ
hasJurisdictionLevel trial court level ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType general jurisdiction ⓘ
hasSeatIn each county of North Carolina ⓘ
hasTypeOfProceeding bench trials ⓘ
jury trials ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom North Carolina District Court in certain cases ⓘ
higherCourt North Carolina Court of Appeals ⓘ
North Carolina Supreme Court ⓘ
isDividedInto judicial districts ⓘ
judicial divisions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: State of North Carolina
oversees some administrative appeals as provided by statute ⓘ
partOf General Court of Justice of North Carolina ⓘ
Judicial branch of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Judicial Branch of North Carolina
subjectToReviewBy North Carolina Court of Appeals ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina appellate courts
uses North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
North Carolina Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
North Carolina Rules of Evidence ⓘ
usesJuryTrialsFor felony criminal cases ⓘ
many civil cases ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Government of North Carolina → hasJudicialBody → North Carolina Superior Court ⓘ
Durham County District Court → appealsTo → North Carolina Superior Court ⓘ
Edgecombe County → hasJudicialDistrict → North Carolina Superior Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina Superior Court District 7
Iredell County → isPartOfJudicialDistrict → North Carolina Superior Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina Superior Court District 22A
Judicial branch of North Carolina → hasBranch → North Carolina Superior Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina Superior Courts
North Carolina District Court → higherCourt → North Carolina Superior Court ⓘ