Circuit Courts of Virginia

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court of general jurisdiction state trial court system

The Circuit Courts of Virginia are the state's primary trial courts of general jurisdiction, handling major civil cases, serious criminal matters, and appeals from lower courts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Virginia Circuit Court system	1
Virginia circuit courts	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of general jurisdiction ⓘ state trial court system ⓘ
aboveCourt	Court of Appeals of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Virginia Circuit Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealsHeardBy	Court of Appeals of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealsStandard	de novo for appeals from district courts in most cases ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
belowCourt	General District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	trial court ⓘ
establishedBy	Virginia General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingLaw	Code of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
handlesCaseType	civil actions exceeding lower court jurisdictional limits ⓘ divorce cases ⓘ equity cases ⓘ felony prosecutions ⓘ juvenile and domestic relations appeals ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ probate matters ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasClerksOffice	circuit court clerk ⓘ
hasConcurrentJurisdictionOver	civil cases with claims between $4,500 and $25,000 ⓘ
hasJudgeType	circuit court judge ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdictionOver	all felony cases ⓘ appointment of estate fiduciaries ⓘ civil cases with claims over $25,000 ⓘ divorce and annulment ⓘ injunctions and other equitable relief ⓘ probate of wills ⓘ title to real property ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	General District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
judgesSelectedBy	Virginia General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
judgeTermLength	8 years ⓘ
jurisdictionType	general jurisdiction ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
levelInStateJudiciary	trial court level ⓘ
numberOfCircuits	31 ⓘ
organizedBy	judicial circuit ⓘ
partOf	Judicial System of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordsMaintained	civil and criminal case files ⓘ land records ⓘ marriage licenses ⓘ probate records ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Judicial System of Virginia → hasComponent → Circuit Courts of Virginia ⓘ

Judicial System of Virginia → trialCourtOfGeneralJurisdiction → Circuit Courts of Virginia ⓘ

Virginia law → interpretedBy → Circuit Courts of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia circuit courts

16th Judicial Circuit of Virginia → partOf → Circuit Courts of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Circuit Court system