Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica

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The Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica are lower-level trial courts that handle the majority of the country’s civil and criminal cases under the oversight of the Supreme Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
lower court ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs RM Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
appealsSupervisedBy Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Jamaica ⓘ
composition Resident Magistrates ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
courtLevel below Court of Appeal of Jamaica ⓘ
inferior to Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ
function adjudication of civil disputes within statutory monetary limits ⓘ
adjudication of minor criminal offences ⓘ
governedBy Jamaican procedural rules ⓘ
Jamaican statutes ⓘ
handles civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
hears family law matters ⓘ
small claims ⓘ
some indictable offences ⓘ
summary offences ⓘ
jurisdiction Jamaica ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legalTradition English common law tradition ⓘ
linked to: English law
location parishes of Jamaica ⓘ
organizedBy parish ⓘ
overseenBy Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Jamaica ⓘ
role first-instance court for most civil and criminal matters in Jamaica ⓘ
subjectTo appellate review by higher courts in Jamaica ⓘ
supervisingCourt Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Supreme Court of Jamaica → supervises → Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica → alsoKnownAs → RM Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica
Parish Courts of Jamaica → predecessor → Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Judicature (Supreme Court) Act of Jamaica → relatedTo → Judicature (Resident Magistrates) Act of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica
Parish Court for Westmoreland → formerlyKnownAs → Resident Magistrate’s Court for Westmoreland ⓘ
linked to: Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica