Circuit Court for Wicomico County
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The Circuit Court for Wicomico County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Wicomico County.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Circuit Court for Wicomico County canonical | 1 |
| Wicomico County Circuit Court | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1285529 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Circuit Court for Wicomico County Context triple: [Circuit Courts of Maryland, hasPart, Circuit Court for Wicomico County]
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A.
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from the district court within Anne Arundel County.
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B.
Circuit Court for Dorchester County
The Circuit Court for Dorchester County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Dorchester County.
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C.
Circuit Court for Worcester County
The Circuit Court for Worcester County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Worcester County.
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D.
Circuit Court for Somerset County
The Circuit Court for Somerset County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Somerset County.
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E.
Circuit Courts of Maryland
The Circuit Courts of Maryland are the state's primary trial courts of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and jury trials across Maryland’s counties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Circuit Court for Wicomico County Target entity description: The Circuit Court for Wicomico County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Wicomico County.
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A.
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from the district court within Anne Arundel County.
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B.
Circuit Court for Dorchester County
The Circuit Court for Dorchester County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Dorchester County.
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C.
Circuit Court for Worcester County
The Circuit Court for Worcester County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Worcester County.
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D.
Circuit Court for Somerset County
The Circuit Court for Somerset County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Somerset County.
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E.
Circuit Courts of Maryland
The Circuit Courts of Maryland are the state's primary trial courts of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and jury trials across Maryland’s counties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maryland circuit court
ⓘ
court of general jurisdiction ⓘ trial court ⓘ |
| appealsTo |
Appellate Court of Maryland
ⓘ
Maryland Court of Special Appeals ⓘ
linked to:
Appellate Court of Maryland
|
| buildingType | courthouse ⓘ |
| canHear |
child custody cases
ⓘ
child support cases ⓘ divorce cases ⓘ domestic violence cases ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ guardianship cases ⓘ jury trial prayers from District Court ⓘ major civil cases exceeding District Court jurisdictional amount ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county |
Wicomico County
ⓘ
linked to:
Wicomico County, Maryland
|
| courtType | court of record ⓘ |
| emblematicFor | trial-level justice in Wicomico County, Maryland ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
Maryland Code
ⓘ
Maryland Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of Maryland
|
| handles |
appeals from certain administrative agencies
ⓘ
appeals from the District Court of Maryland in Wicomico County ⓘ family law matters ⓘ juvenile matters ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
civil division
ⓘ
criminal division ⓘ family division ⓘ juvenile division ⓘ |
| hasOfficial |
circuit administrative judge
ⓘ
clerk of the circuit court ⓘ county administrative judge ⓘ court reporters ⓘ jury commissioner ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mdcourts.gov/clerks/wicomico ⓘ |
| hearsAppealsFrom |
District Court of Maryland in Wicomico County
ⓘ
linked to:
District Court of Maryland
|
| higherCourtOf |
District Court of Maryland for Wicomico County
ⓘ
linked to:
District Court of Maryland
|
| jurisdiction | Wicomico County, Maryland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| levelOfCourt | trial court of general jurisdiction ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Salisbury, Maryland
ⓘ
Wicomico County, Maryland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maryland Judiciary
ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Maryland
Maryland state court system ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Maryland
|
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| uses | jury trials in certain cases ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Circuit Court for Wicomico County Description of subject: The Circuit Court for Wicomico County is a Maryland trial court of general jurisdiction that handles major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and appeals from lower courts within Wicomico County.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Circuit Court for Wicomico County