sheriff court

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court trial court

A sheriff court is a local civil and criminal court in Scotland that handles the majority of legal cases at first instance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sheriff Court 2
Sheriff Court (criminal) 1
sheriff court canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
appealTo Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheriff Appeal Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
governedBy Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles majority of civil cases at first instance in Scotland ⓘ
majority of criminal cases at first instance in Scotland ⓘ
hasPower grant decrees for payment ⓘ
grant divorce decrees ⓘ
grant eviction orders ⓘ
grant interdicts ⓘ
impose custodial sentences ⓘ
impose fines ⓘ
hears adoption cases ⓘ
child protection cases ⓘ
commercial actions ⓘ
debt recovery actions ⓘ
family law cases ⓘ
housing disputes ⓘ
ordinary civil actions ⓘ
personal injury actions ⓘ
solemn criminal cases ⓘ
summary criminal cases ⓘ
jurisdiction civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ
levelInHierarchy below Court of Session ⓘ
below High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
location various towns and cities across Scotland ⓘ
numberOfSheriffdoms 6 ⓘ
organizedInto sheriffdoms ⓘ
partOf Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidingOfficer sheriff ⓘ
summary sheriff NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
justice of the peace court ⓘ
uses juries in solemn criminal cases ⓘ
ordinary cause procedure in higher-value civil cases ⓘ
simple procedure in low-value civil claims ⓘ
summary procedure in minor criminal cases ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Cupar Sheriff Court → hasFunction → sheriff court ⓘ
Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases) → lowerCourtThan → sheriff court ⓘ
subject surface form: Justice of the Peace Court (Scotland)
this entity surface form: Sheriff Court (criminal)
Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases) → isInferiorTo → sheriff court ⓘ
subject surface form: Justice of the Peace Court (Scotland)
this entity surface form: Sheriff Court
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts → inForceIn → sheriff court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff Court