Pennsylvania Rules of Court

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court rules procedural law

The Pennsylvania Rules of Court are the official procedural rules that govern how legal cases are conducted and managed within the Pennsylvania judicial system.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 4
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 3
Pa.R.Crim.P. 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court rules ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
basedOn authority of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
bindingOn Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Magisterial District Courts of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Magisterial District Courts

Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Superior Court

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governs appellate procedure in Pennsylvania state courts ⓘ
civil procedure in Pennsylvania state courts ⓘ
criminal procedure in Pennsylvania state courts ⓘ
evidence practice in Pennsylvania state courts ⓘ
local court practice subject to statewide rules in Pennsylvania ⓘ
magisterial district court procedure in Pennsylvania ⓘ
orphan’s court procedure in Pennsylvania ⓘ
procedure in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
rules of judicial administration in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Pa.R.A.P. ⓘ
Pa.R.C.P. ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pa.R.Crim.P.

Pa.R.E. ⓘ
hasPublication Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Court Federal

Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Court State
includes Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Orphans’ Court Rules

Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure

Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure

Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration

Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Magisterial District Courts
language English ⓘ
legalSystem Pennsylvania judicial system ⓘ
partOf Pennsylvania law ⓘ
promulgatedBy Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
publishedBy Thomson Reuters ⓘ
West Publishing Company ⓘ
surface form: West Publishing
regulates appeals in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
discovery procedures in Pennsylvania civil cases ⓘ
filing of pleadings in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
format of legal filings in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
motion practice in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
post-trial motions in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
service of process in Pennsylvania ⓘ
time limits for procedural steps in Pennsylvania cases ⓘ
trial procedure in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
updatedBy orders of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
usedBy attorneys practicing in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
court clerks in Pennsylvania ⓘ
judges in Pennsylvania ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline → appliesStandards → Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Code of Judicial Conduct
Philadelphia Municipal Court → follows → Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure
Philadelphia Municipal Court → follows → Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → governs → Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → governs → Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → hasAbbreviation → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pa.R.Crim.P.
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → hasPublication → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Court State
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → hasPublication → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Court Federal
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → includes → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → includes → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → includes → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Orphans’ Court Rules
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → includes → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → includes → Pennsylvania Rules of Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Magisterial District Courts
Pennsylvania courts → regulatedBy → Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
Pittsburgh Municipal Court → subjectTo → Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure