District Courts of Ceylon
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The District Courts of Ceylon were colonial-era trial courts that handled civil and certain criminal cases at the intermediate level within Ceylon’s judicial system.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| District Courts of Ceylon canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial court system
ⓘ
trial court ⓘ |
| appealsTo | Supreme Court of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | British Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtLevel | intermediate court ⓘ |
| employs | District Judge ⓘ |
| era | colonial period of Ceylon ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | colonial ordinances ⓘ |
| function |
trial of civil disputes
ⓘ
trial of some criminal matters ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Ceylonese statutes
ⓘ
colonial regulations ⓘ |
| handles |
certain criminal cases
ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | residents of the relevant district ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision | district court divisions ⓘ |
| headedBy | District Judge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hearsAppealsFrom | lower magistrates’ courts (in some civil matters) ⓘ |
| historicalSuccessor | modern district courts in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
English law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| legalArea |
contract law
ⓘ
family law ⓘ property law ⓘ succession law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| location | various districts of Ceylon ⓘ |
| partOf | Judicial system of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | island of Ceylon ⓘ |
| replacedBy | District Courts of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | intermediate level in court hierarchy ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Supreme Court of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfProceedings | bench trials ⓘ |
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