magistrates’ courts

E390289

court judicial body trial court of limited jurisdiction

Magistrates’ courts are lower-level judicial bodies that handle minor criminal and civil matters, preliminary hearings, and other routine legal proceedings within a country’s justice system.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Magistrates’ courts of the Isle of Man	2
Chief Magistrates Courts	1
Judicial Magistrates	1
Magistrate Courts (Nigeria)	1
Magistrate's Court as lower criminal court	1
Magistrates Courts of Australia	1
Magistrates Courts of Queensland	1
Magistrates' Court	1
Magistrates' Courts	1
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980	1
Magistrates' Courts of South Africa	1
Magistrates' courts	1
Magistrates’ Court	1
Magistrates’ Courts of Malaysia	1
Magistrates’ Courts of New Zealand	1
magistrates courts of Australia	1
magistrates’ courts canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ trial court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ
existsInJurisdiction	Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ other common law countries ⓘ
handles	bail hearings ⓘ by-law offences ⓘ committal proceedings ⓘ enforcement of fines ⓘ minor civil cases ⓘ minor criminal cases ⓘ minor public order offences ⓘ preliminary hearings ⓘ remand hearings ⓘ some family law matters ⓘ some licensing matters ⓘ summary offences ⓘ traffic offences ⓘ
hasAppealTo	court of appeal in some jurisdictions ⓘ crown court in some jurisdictions ⓘ higher court ⓘ
hasDecisionMaker	lay magistrate ⓘ magistrate ⓘ stipendiary magistrate ⓘ
hasFunction	adjudication of minor disputes ⓘ case management ⓘ conducting arraignments ⓘ conducting first appearances ⓘ determining probable cause ⓘ early resolution of cases ⓘ issuing warrants ⓘ screening serious criminal cases ⓘ setting bail conditions ⓘ
hasJurisdictionLevel	lower court ⓘ
hasRemedy	binding over orders ⓘ community orders ⓘ disqualification from driving ⓘ imposition of fines ⓘ short custodial sentences ⓘ
historicallyDerivedFrom	English legal system ⓘ
mayBePresidedOverBy	panel of lay justices ⓘ professional judge ⓘ
partOf	criminal justice system ⓘ judicial system ⓘ
roleInSystem	filtering cases for higher courts ⓘ providing accessible local justice ⓘ
usesStandardOfProof	balance of probabilities in civil cases ⓘ beyond reasonable doubt in criminal cases ⓘ
usuallySitsWithout	jury ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → hasLevel → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

Magistrates' courts of England and Wales → legalBasis → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

Manx judiciary → hasPart → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates’ courts of the Isle of Man

judicial branch of the Isle of Man → hasCourt → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates’ courts of the Isle of Man

State Courts of Singapore → hasDivision → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates' Courts

Australian law → hasCourt → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: magistrates courts of Australia

Judiciary of South Africa → includesCourt → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates' Courts of South Africa

Judiciary of Uganda → includesCourt → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Magistrates Courts

District Court of New Zealand → predecessor → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates’ Courts of New Zealand

Winchester Law Courts → hasPart → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates’ Court

Malaysian judiciary → hasLowerCourt → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates’ Courts of Malaysia

Guernsey courts → recognises → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrate's Court as lower criminal court

Area Courts → distinguishedFrom → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Area Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Magistrate Courts (Nigeria)

Courts of Queensland → hasPart → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates Courts of Queensland

courts of Australia → hasLowerCourts → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates Courts of Australia

Subordinate judiciary of Azad Jammu and Kashmir → includesOffice → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial Magistrates

Salisbury Law Courts → housesCourtType → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates' Court

Crown Court at Nottingham → handlesAppealsFrom → magistrates’ courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates' courts