Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

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judicial branch institution state court system

The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania is the statewide court system that oversees all levels of Pennsylvania’s judiciary, including appellate, trial, and minor courts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania canonical	9
Pennsylvania unified judicial system	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial branch institution ⓘ state court system ⓘ
abbreviation	UJS ⓘ
administeredBy	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
appliesLaw	Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ Pennsylvania statutes ⓘ applicable federal law ⓘ
branchOf	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government ⓘ surface form: Government of Pennsylvania
country	United States of America ⓘ
employs	court administrators ⓘ court staff ⓘ judges ⓘ magisterial district judges ⓘ
governedBy	Article V of the Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Constitution, Article V
hasComponent	civil divisions of Courts of Common Pleas ⓘ criminal divisions of Courts of Common Pleas ⓘ family courts ⓘ orphan’s courts ⓘ problem-solving courts ⓘ
hasFunction	adjudication of civil cases ⓘ adjudication of criminal cases ⓘ administration of justice in Pennsylvania ⓘ appellate review of lower court decisions ⓘ interpretation of Pennsylvania law ⓘ interpretation of the Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ supervision of lower Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
hasPart	Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ Court of Common Pleas ⓘ surface form: Courts of Common Pleas Magisterial District Courts ⓘ Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia Traffic Court (historical) Pittsburgh Municipal Court ⓘ Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasResponsibility	case management for Pennsylvania courts ⓘ judicial discipline and conduct oversight (through related bodies) ⓘ jury administration in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
hasSeat	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
highestCourt	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
jurisdiction	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
language	English ⓘ
legalSystemType	common law ⓘ
oversees	Pennsylvania courts ⓘ surface form: appellate courts of Pennsylvania minor courts of Pennsylvania ⓘ Pennsylvania courts ⓘ surface form: trial courts of Pennsylvania
policyMakingBody	Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts ⓘ
subjectTo	rules of court promulgated by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
website	https://www.pacourts.us ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Magisterial District Courts of Pennsylvania → partOf → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts → parentOrganization → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts → partOf → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government → judicialBody → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County → partOf → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County → partOf → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

MDJs → partOf → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Judicial Code → appliesTo → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania unified judicial system

Pennsylvania Judicial Code → organizes → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania unified judicial system

Magisterial District Judge → partOf → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas → partOf → Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ