Judicial branch of Pennsylvania

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judicial branch state court system

The Judicial branch of Pennsylvania is the state's court system responsible for interpreting and applying Pennsylvania law through a hierarchy of trial and appellate courts.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
judicial branch of Pennsylvania 9
Judicial branch of Pennsylvania canonical 2
Pennsylvania judicial branch 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial branch ⓘ
state court system ⓘ
administeredBy Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts ⓘ
appliesLaw Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure

Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence ⓘ
appliesTo administrative law cases in Pennsylvania ⓘ
civil cases in Pennsylvania ⓘ
criminal cases in Pennsylvania ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
branchOfGovernment Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Pennsylvania
coordinatesWith Executive branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Legislative branch of Pennsylvania
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
establishedIn Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
governingBody Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasAppellateCourt Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of disputes ⓘ
administration of justice ⓘ
interpretation of law ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
hasLowerCourt Magisterial District Courts of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Pittsburgh Municipal Court ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.pacourts.us/ ⓘ
hasPart Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
surface form: Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania

Magisterial District Courts of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Pittsburgh Municipal Court ⓘ
Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasSeatOfHighestCourt Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasTrialCourt Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
surface form: Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania
highestCourt Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
interprets Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
Pennsylvania common law ⓘ
Pennsylvania law ⓘ
statutory law of Pennsylvania ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
overseenBy Chief Justice of Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Pennsylvania
reorganizedBy Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Constitution of 1968

Referenced by (15)

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

Superior Court of Pennsylvania → partOf → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → partOf → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts → partOf → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania judicial branch
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government → branch → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania → appliesTo → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Civil Division → legalSystem → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
subject surface form: Civil Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court)
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania state court system
Orphans’ Court appeals in certain cases → takesPlaceIn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania court system
AOPC → governingBranch → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Article XII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Article XI of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Article XIX of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Article XX of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania judicial branch
Article XXI of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Article XXIII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania
Article XXIV of the Pennsylvania Constitution → bindingOn → Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicial branch of Pennsylvania