Tennessee Circuit Court

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court state trial court

The Tennessee Circuit Court is a state trial court of general jurisdiction that handles more serious civil and criminal cases, as well as appeals from lower courts, within Tennessee’s judicial system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tennessee Circuit Courts	3
Tennessee Circuit Court canonical	2

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ state trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	Tennessee Court of Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ
canGrant	equitable relief ⓘ injunctive relief ⓘ monetary damages ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	court of record ⓘ
establishedBy	Tennessee state law ⓘ
fundedBy	State of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Tennessee Code Annotated NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles	appeals from lower courts ⓘ serious civil cases ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	appeals from Tennessee General Sessions Courts ⓘ appeals from some municipal courts ⓘ certain misdemeanors ⓘ civil matters exceeding lower court limits ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ
hears	contract disputes ⓘ domestic relations matters in some districts ⓘ personal injury cases ⓘ property disputes ⓘ
hearsCases	jury trials ⓘ non-jury trials ⓘ
judgesElectedBy	popular vote ⓘ
judicialDistricts	multiple judicial districts in Tennessee ⓘ
jurisdiction	general jurisdiction ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
level	trial court ⓘ
locatedIn	State of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
overseenBy	Tennessee Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Tennessee judicial system NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee state courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidedOverBy	circuit judges ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
termLengthOfJudges	8 years ⓘ
uses	Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee Rules of Evidence NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Tennessee General Sessions Courts (in criminal matters) → higherCourt → Tennessee Circuit Court ⓘ

Tennessee General Sessions Courts (in criminal matters) → appealsTo → Tennessee Circuit Court ⓘ

Tennessee trial court system → hasComponent → Tennessee Circuit Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tennessee Circuit Courts

Tennessee trial court system → hasGeneralJurisdictionCourt → Tennessee Circuit Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tennessee Circuit Courts

Tennessee Court of Appeals → reviewsFrom → Tennessee Circuit Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tennessee Circuit Courts