Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County

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Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas court court of general jurisdiction trial court

The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County is a Pennsylvania state trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family matters, and appeals from lower courts in Philadelphia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County canonical	2
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas	2
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas ⓘ court ⓘ court of general jurisdiction ⓘ trial court ⓘ
above	Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
appealsTo	Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
below	Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
cityServed	Philadelphia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Philadelphia County ⓘ
courtSystemLevel	trial court level ⓘ
courtType	state court ⓘ
governingLaw	Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ Pennsylvania statutes ⓘ
handlesCaseType	appeals from Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ appeals from Philadelphia Traffic Court (former) ⓘ family law matters ⓘ juvenile matters ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ orphans' court matters ⓘ probate matters ⓘ
hasDivision	Civil Section ⓘ Criminal Section ⓘ family law division ⓘ surface form: Family Division orphans' court division ⓘ surface form: Orphans' Court Division Trial Division ⓘ
hasFunction	adjudication of civil disputes ⓘ adjudication of criminal prosecutions ⓘ administration of family court services ⓘ review of decisions of minor courts in Philadelphia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	general jurisdiction ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
jurisdiction	Philadelphia County ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
partOf	First Judicial District of Pennsylvania ⓘ Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ
regionServed	Southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
seat	Philadelphia City Hall ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia City Hall (primary courthouse complex)
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Philadelphia Municipal Court → partOf → Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Judicial District of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Municipal Court → hasAppealsTo → Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ⓘ

Government of the City of Philadelphia → hasJudicialBranch → Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Mumia Abu-Jamal → convictedBy → Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ⓘ

Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County → alsoKnownAs → Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas