Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines

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court of law first-level court

The Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines are first-level courts that handle minor civil and criminal cases within metropolitan areas under the supervision of the Supreme Court.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of law ⓘ first-level court ⓘ
appealsGoTo	Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
appliesProcedure	Revised Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ Rules on Summary Procedure ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
courtLevel	first level ⓘ
courtTier	inferior court ⓘ
decisionsReviewableBy	Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
employs	clerks of court ⓘ court stenographers ⓘ process servers ⓘ
establishedFor	urbanized and metropolitan areas ⓘ
governingLaw	Rules of Court of the Philippines ⓘ
handlesCaseType	minor civil cases ⓘ minor criminal cases ⓘ
handlesCivilMatter	certain landlord-tenant disputes ⓘ forcible entry and unlawful detainer cases ⓘ small money claims ⓘ
handlesOffenseCategory	offenses punishable by lower penalties ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	MeTC ⓘ
hasCollectiveTerm	first-level courts of the Philippines ⓘ
hasConstitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
hasFunction	adjudication of minor civil disputes ⓘ adjudication of minor criminal offenses ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle	Metropolitan Trial Court Judge ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
hasRole	decongest higher courts ⓘ
hasSeat	cities within metropolitan areas ⓘ
hasType	trial court ⓘ
isComponentOf	lower courts of the Philippines ⓘ
jurisdiction	metropolitan areas in the Philippines ⓘ
legalBasis	Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 ⓘ Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 ⓘ
locatedIn	Metro Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: Philippine Judiciary
relatedTo	Municipal Circuit Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines
reorganizedBy	Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 ⓘ
subjectTo	administrative circulars of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ administrative supervision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
subordinateTo	Court of Appeals of the Philippines ⓘ Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
supervisingAuthority	Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

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

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

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