Court

:This article is about courts of law. For alternative meanings see: court (disambiguation).

Operations

Most courts conduct their official business in a courtroom, a physical space designed to accommodate the purposes of having arguments and evidence presented before a judge and, if applicable, a jury.

Related Topics:
Courtroom - Evidence

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Both uni-personal and pluri-personal courts exist. The various matters which

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come before a pluri-personal court usually come into the ambit of a particular

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judge, or of a judicial officer (such as a court commissioner)

Related Topics:
Judge - Court commissioner

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serving in the capacity of a judge pro tem. Every court has a presiding

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judge and may have one or more other judges and/or judicial officers assigned

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to various court departments.

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