state courts of the Federated States of Micronesia

E801064

appellate court network judicial system trial court network

The state courts of the Federated States of Micronesia are the primary trial and appellate judicial bodies within each of the nation’s constituent states, handling most local civil and criminal matters under state law.

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Label	Occurrences
state courts of the Federated States of Micronesia canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court network ⓘ judicial system ⓘ trial court network ⓘ
appealPath	appeals generally heard within the state court system ⓘ
appliesTo	Chuuk State NERFINISHED ⓘ Kosrae State NERFINISHED ⓘ Pohnpei State NERFINISHED ⓘ Yap State NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
courtType	appellate court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
foundation	state constitutions of the Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
governingLaw	state judicial acts and statutes ⓘ
handles	most local civil matters ⓘ most local criminal matters ⓘ
hasPart	Chuuk State Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Kosrae State Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Pohnpei State Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Yap State Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil matters under state law ⓘ criminal matters under state law ⓘ state law of the Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	mixed legal system influenced by United States law and customary law ⓘ
level	state level ⓘ
locatedIn	Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mayUseLanguage	local Micronesian languages ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of the Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudication of local civil disputes ⓘ adjudication of local criminal cases ⓘ interpretation of state constitutions ⓘ interpretation of state statutes ⓘ
recognizes	customary law within each state ⓘ
relationshipToNationalCourt	parallel to the national court system GENERATED ⓘ separate from the national judiciary GENERATED ⓘ
servePopulation	residents of Chuuk State ⓘ residents of Kosrae State ⓘ residents of Pohnpei State ⓘ residents of Yap State ⓘ
subjectMatter	contract disputes under state law ⓘ family law under state law ⓘ minor criminal offenses under state law ⓘ property law under state law ⓘ serious criminal offenses under state law ⓘ

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Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia → appealsFrom → state courts of the Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ