Judiciary of Dominica

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The Judiciary of Dominica is the branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law through the country’s system of courts and judicial officers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Judiciary of Dominica canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appealsTo Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal ⓘ
appliesIn Commonwealth of Dominica ⓘ
linked to: Dominica
basedOn English common law ⓘ
belongsToSystem Eastern Caribbean judicial system ⓘ
country Dominica ⓘ
employs court staff ⓘ
judges ⓘ
magistrates ⓘ
registrars ⓘ
ensures rule of law in Dominica ⓘ
finalAppealTo Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
followsPrinciple independence of the judiciary ⓘ
guaranteedBy Constitution of Dominica ⓘ
hasBuilding Roseau High Court building ⓘ
hasCourt High Court of Justice of Dominica ⓘ
Magistrates’ Courts of Dominica ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of civil cases ⓘ
adjudication of criminal cases ⓘ
interpretation of the Constitution of Dominica ⓘ
judicial review of administrative action ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Dominica ⓘ
hasLevel Court of Appeal ⓘ
linked to: court of appeal

High Court ⓘ
Magistrates’ Courts ⓘ
hasRole interpretation of statutes ⓘ
protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
settlement of disputes ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
highestCourt Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
mainSeat Roseau ⓘ
memberOf Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
oversees enforcement of court orders ⓘ
partOf Government of Dominica ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
regionalAppellateCourt Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal ⓘ
responsibleFor application of law ⓘ
interpretation of law ⓘ
separateFrom executive branch of Dominica ⓘ
legislative branch of Dominica ⓘ
typeOfLawHandled civil law matters ⓘ
commercial law matters ⓘ
constitutional law matters ⓘ
criminal law matters ⓘ
family law matters ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Government of Dominica → judicialBranch → Judiciary of Dominica ⓘ
Constitution of Dominica → establishesBody → Judiciary of Dominica ⓘ