Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines

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court of general jurisdiction trial court system

The Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines are the primary trial courts of general jurisdiction in the country’s judicial system, handling major civil and criminal cases under the supervision of the Supreme Court.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Courts of First Instance of the Philippines	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of general jurisdiction ⓘ trial court system ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of the Court Administrator ⓘ
appealsTo	Court of Appeals of the Philippines ⓘ Sandiganbayan ⓘ surface form: Sandiganbayan (in certain cases) Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the Philippines (on pure questions of law)
appointmentOfJudgesBy	President of the Philippines ⓘ
canIssue	search warrants ⓘ warrants of arrest ⓘ writ of attachment ⓘ writ of habeas corpus ⓘ writ of preliminary injunction ⓘ
composition	multiple branches per judicial region ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
establishedBy	Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 ⓘ Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 ⓘ
function	primary trial courts of general jurisdiction in the Philippines ⓘ
governedBy	Rules of Court of the Philippines ⓘ
handles	major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ
hasBranchType	family court branch ⓘ regular Regional Trial Court branch ⓘ special commercial court branch ⓘ special drugs court branch ⓘ special heinous crimes court branch ⓘ
hasSeatIn	each province of the Philippines ⓘ selected cities of the Philippines ⓘ
headedBy	Executive Judge (per station) ⓘ
hears	civil actions beyond the jurisdiction of first-level courts ⓘ commercial cases (in designated branches) ⓘ criminal cases punishable by higher penalties ⓘ family court cases (in designated branches) ⓘ land registration cases ⓘ probate and estate settlement cases ⓘ special civil actions ⓘ special proceedings ⓘ
judgeTitle	Regional Trial Court Judge ⓘ
judicialAndBarCouncilRole	recommends appointees to the Regional Trial Courts ⓘ
jurisdiction	general jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 ⓘ
level	first-level court of general jurisdiction ⓘ
organizedInto	judicial regions ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of the Philippines ⓘ
predecessor	Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Courts of First Instance of the Philippines
roleInSystem	backbone of the Philippine trial court structure ⓘ
supervisedBy	Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines → appealsGoTo → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ

Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines → decisionsReviewableBy → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ

Judiciary of the Philippines → hasBranch → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ

Court of Appeals of the Philippines → higherThan → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ

Office of the Court Administrator of the Philippines → oversees → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ

Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines → predecessor → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Courts of First Instance of the Philippines

Supreme Court of the Philippines → subordinateCourt → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ