Judiciary of the District of Columbia

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court system judicial branch

The Judiciary of the District of Columbia is the court system responsible for interpreting and applying the law in Washington, D.C., including its local trial and appellate courts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
D.C. Courts	1
Superior Court of the District of Columbia	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ
applies	Code of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia Code District of Columbia municipal regulations ⓘ relevant federal law within its jurisdiction ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General United States Attorney for the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distinctFrom	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
employs	judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ⓘ judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ⓘ
fundedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
governs	civil cases under District of Columbia law ⓘ criminal cases under District of Columbia law ⓘ family law cases under District of Columbia law ⓘ landlord and tenant cases under District of Columbia law ⓘ probate cases under District of Columbia law ⓘ small claims cases under District of Columbia law ⓘ traffic cases under District of Columbia law ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Judiciary of the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: D.C. Courts
hasComponent	District of Columbia Court of Appeals ⓘ Judiciary of the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
hasFunction	adjudication of disputes ⓘ interpretation of District of Columbia regulations ⓘ interpretation of District of Columbia statutes ⓘ judicial review of District of Columbia laws ⓘ protection of legal rights in the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSeat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.dccourts.gov ⓘ
highestCourt	District of Columbia Court of Appeals ⓘ
jurisdiction	District of Columbia ⓘ
legalSystem	District of Columbia law ⓘ United States law ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
oversees	local appellate courts in the District of Columbia ⓘ local trial courts in the District of Columbia ⓘ
partOf	Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: government of the District of Columbia
responsibleFor	administration of justice in the District of Columbia ⓘ applying law in the District of Columbia ⓘ interpreting law in the District of Columbia ⓘ
subjectTo	District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
trialCourt	Superior Court of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Judiciary of the District of Columbia → hasAbbreviation → Judiciary of the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: D.C. Courts

Judiciary of the District of Columbia → hasComponent → Judiciary of the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Government of the District of Columbia → judicialBranch → Judiciary of the District of Columbia ⓘ