Parish Courts of Jamaica

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The Parish Courts of Jamaica are local first-instance courts that handle the majority of civil and criminal matters across the island’s parishes under the oversight of the Supreme Court.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
administrativeHead Chief Justice of Jamaica ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Jamaica ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
courtType first-instance court ⓘ
fundedBy Government of Jamaica ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Jamaica ⓘ
Judicature (Parish Courts) Act ⓘ
handles civil matters ⓘ
criminal matters ⓘ
family matters ⓘ
minor criminal offences ⓘ
small claims ⓘ
some indictable offences ⓘ
traffic offences ⓘ
hasSpecializedDivision Family Court ⓘ
linked to: Family Courts

Night Court ⓘ
linked to: Night Courts

Traffic Court ⓘ
hasSubdivision Parish Court for Clarendon ⓘ
Parish Court for Hanover ⓘ
Parish Court for Kingston and St. Andrew ⓘ
Parish Court for Manchester ⓘ
Parish Court for Portland ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal) ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Ann ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Catherine ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Elizabeth ⓘ
Parish Court for St. James ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Mary ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Thomas ⓘ
Parish Court for Trelawny ⓘ
Parish Court for Westmoreland ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom Petty Sessions Courts ⓘ
jurisdiction Jamaica ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel parish ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
levelInHierarchy below Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ
locatedIn various parish capitals of Jamaica ⓘ
overseenBy Chief Justice of Jamaica ⓘ
partOf Judicature of Jamaica ⓘ
predecessor Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
primaryFunction adjudication of local disputes ⓘ
enforcement of criminal law at parish level ⓘ
renamedFrom Resident Magistrates’ Courts ⓘ
renamingYear 2016 ⓘ
supervisingCourt Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Supreme Court of Jamaica → supervises → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Morant Bay Courthouse → jurisdiction → Saint Thomas Parish Court ⓘ
linked to: Parish Courts of Jamaica
Judiciary of Jamaica → hasCourt → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Jamaica → hasAuthorityOver → Parish Courts of Jamaica (in appellate matters) ⓘ
linked to: Parish Courts of Jamaica
Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Judicature (Parish Courts) Act → regulates → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Resident Magistrates’ Courts → successor → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Resident Magistrates’ Courts → wereRenamedAs → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Catherine → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for Clarendon → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for Manchester → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for Westmoreland → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for Hanover → courtSystem → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for St. James → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for Trelawny → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Ann → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for Portland → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal) → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Parish Court for St. Mary → partOf → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
Civil Procedure Rules of Jamaica → appliesTo → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ