Virginia courts

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judicial branch institution state court system

Virginia courts are the state judicial system of Virginia, encompassing trial and appellate courts that interpret and apply state law in civil and criminal cases.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Virginia state court system	5
Virginia courts canonical	2
Virginia state courts	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial branch institution ⓘ state court system ⓘ
appliesJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOf	Judicial branch of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Virginia General Assembly on procedural rules ⓘ Virginia executive branch agencies on enforcement of judgments ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	clerks of court ⓘ judges ⓘ magistrates ⓘ
ensures	interpretation and application of Virginia Constitution ⓘ interpretation and application of Virginia statutes ⓘ
governedBy	Code of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
handlesCaseType	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
hasAdministrativeBody	Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdictionLevel	local jurisdiction in trial courts ⓘ statewide jurisdiction ⓘ
hasPart	Circuit Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Appeals of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ General District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Magistrate system of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestCourt	Supreme Court of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
intermediateAppellateCourt	Court of Appeals of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
interprets	Virginia law ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
location	Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mayReview	administrative agency decisions under Virginia law ⓘ
oversees	civil litigation in Virginia ⓘ criminal prosecutions in Virginia ⓘ
provides	appellate review of lower court decisions ⓘ
publishes	Virginia Court of Appeals Reports NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Reports NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	practice of law in Virginia through court rules ⓘ
resolves	disputes involving Virginia state law ⓘ
subjectTo	federal constitutional review by U.S. courts ⓘ
trialCourtOfGeneralJurisdiction	Circuit Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
trialCourtOfLimitedJurisdiction	General District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	bench trials in district courts ⓘ jury trials in circuit courts ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Code of Virginia → governs → Virginia courts ⓘ

Code of Virginia → usedBy → Virginia courts ⓘ

Supreme Court of Virginia → jurisdiction → Virginia courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia state courts

Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court → partOf → Virginia courts ⓘ