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29 relations: Administrative law, Amount in controversy, Appellate jurisdiction, Civil law (common law), Criminal law, Delaware, Delaware Superior Court, Department of Motor Vehicles, Drug court, Felony, General jurisdiction, Jurisdiction, Kent County, Delaware, Lawsuit, Limited jurisdiction, List of counties in Delaware, Mental health court, Misdemeanor, Motor vehicle, Name change, New Castle County, Delaware, Original jurisdiction, Preliminary hearing, Small claims court, State court (United States), Sussex County, Delaware, Traffic court, Trial court, U.S. state.
Administrative law
Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.
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Amount in controversy
Amount in controversy (sometimes called jurisdictional amount) is a term used in civil procedure to denote the amount at stake in a lawsuit, in particular in connection with a requirement that persons seeking to bring a lawsuit in a particular court must be suing for a certain minimum amount (or below a certain maximum amount) before that court may hear the case.
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Appellate jurisdiction
Appellate jurisdiction is the power of a higher court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts.
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Civil law (common law)
Civil law is a branch of the law.
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Criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.
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Delaware
Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern region.
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Delaware Superior Court
The Delaware Superior Court, previously known as the Superior Court and Orphans' Court, is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in the state of Delaware.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
In the United States, a department of motor vehicles (DMV) is a state-level government agency that administers vehicle registration and driver licensing.
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Drug court
Drug courts are judicially supervised court dockets that provide a sentencing alternative of treatment combined with supervision for people living with serious substance use and mental health disorders.
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Felony
The term felony, in some common law countries, is defined as a serious crime.
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General jurisdiction
A court of general jurisdiction is a court with authority to hear cases of all kinds – criminal, civil, family, probate, and so forth.
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Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined field of responsibility, e.g., Michigan tax law.
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Kent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware.
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Lawsuit
A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.
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Limited jurisdiction
Limited jurisdiction, or special jurisdiction, is the court's jurisdiction only on certain types of cases such as bankruptcy, family matters, etc.
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List of counties in Delaware
The state of Delaware has only three counties: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, the fewest of any state in the United States.
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Mental health court
Mental health courts link offenders who would ordinarily be prison-bound to long-term community-based treatment.
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Misdemeanor
A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour in British English) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems.
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Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trams and used for the transportation of passengers, or passengers and property.
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Name change
Name change generally refers to the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their name at birth, marriage or adoption.
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New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware.
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Original jurisdiction
The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.
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Preliminary hearing
Within some criminal justice systems, a preliminary hearing, preliminary examination, evidentiary hearing or probable cause hearing is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial.
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Small claims court
Small-claims courts have limited jurisdiction to hear civil cases between private litigants.
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State court (United States)
In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state, as opposed to the federal government.
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Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula.
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Traffic court
Traffic court is a municipality's specialized judicial process for handling traffic ticket cases.
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Trial court
A trial court or court of first instance is a court having original jurisdiction, in which trials take place.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Court_of_Common_Pleas
