Judiciary of West Virginia

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branch of government court of last resort intermediate appellate court judicial administrative agency limited jurisdiction trial court state court system trial court of general jurisdiction

The Judiciary of West Virginia is the state’s unified court system responsible for interpreting and applying West Virginia law through its various levels of courts.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
West Virginia Judiciary	1
West Virginia Circuit Courts	0
Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia	0
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia	0
West Virginia Magistrate Courts	0
West Virginia Family Courts	0
Administrative Office of the Courts of West Virginia	0
West Virginia Municipal Courts	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ judicial administrative agency ⓘ limited jurisdiction trial court ⓘ state court system ⓘ trial court of general jurisdiction ⓘ
appliesJurisdictionOver	State of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOf	Government of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coversAllCounties	true ⓘ
ensures	administration of justice in West Virginia ⓘ judicial review of state laws ⓘ
hasChiefJusticeTitle	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ⓘ
hasCourtLevel	Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia Circuit Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia Family Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia Magistrate Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia Municipal Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHighestCourt	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIntermediateAppellateCourt	Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
interprets	Constitution of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ laws of West Virginia ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ administrative appeals ⓘ appeals from magistrate courts ⓘ appeals from municipal courts ⓘ child custody cases ⓘ child support cases ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ divorce cases ⓘ domestic relations cases ⓘ family court appeals ⓘ general civil jurisdiction ⓘ general criminal jurisdiction ⓘ misdemeanor criminal cases ⓘ municipal ordinance violations ⓘ preliminary hearings in felony cases ⓘ small claims civil cases ⓘ traffic offenses ⓘ workers’ compensation appeals ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Charleston, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfCircuits	31 ⓘ
numberOfJustices	5 ⓘ
overseenBy	Administrative Office of the Courts of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia → partOf → Judiciary of West Virginia ⓘ

Government of West Virginia → judicialBody → Judiciary of West Virginia ⓘ

Tenth Judicial Circuit of West Virginia → partOf → Judiciary of West Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Virginia Judiciary