Trial Court

A trial court or court of first instance is a court in which trials take place. Such courts are said to have original jurisdiction.

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Famous quotes containing the words trial and/or court:

    “For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together. There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand on us both.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Job 9:32-33.

    Job, about God.

    “Rome, like Washington, is small enough, quiet enough, for strong personal intimacies; Rome, like Washington, has its democratic court and its entourage of diplomatic circle; Rome, like Washington, gives you plenty of time and plenty of sunlight. In New York we have annihilated both.”
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