Judicial branch of West Virginia

E522790

The Judicial branch of West Virginia is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting and applying West Virginia law, headed by the Supreme Court of Appeals and including lower courts that handle civil, criminal, and administrative cases.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Judicial branch of West Virginia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
state court system ⓘ
appealsFrom West Virginia Circuit Courts ⓘ
West Virginia Family Courts ⓘ
West Virginia Magistrate Courts ⓘ
appealsTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
applies laws of West Virginia ⓘ
appliesJurisdictionOver State of West Virginia ⓘ
linked to: West Virginia
coequalWith Executive branch of West Virginia ⓘ
Legislative branch of West Virginia ⓘ
constitutionalBranch Judicial branch ⓘ
linked to: The Judiciary
country United States ⓘ
ensures due process in West Virginia ⓘ
rule of law in West Virginia ⓘ
handlesCaseType administrative cases ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.courtswv.gov/ ⓘ
hasPower judicial review in West Virginia ⓘ
hasSeatOfHighestCourt Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ
headOfBranch Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ⓘ
includes Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia Circuit Courts ⓘ
West Virginia Family Courts ⓘ
West Virginia Magistrate Courts ⓘ
West Virginia Municipal Courts ⓘ
interprets Constitution of West Virginia ⓘ
laws of West Virginia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystemType common law system ⓘ
levelOfSystem state level ⓘ
organizedInto appellate courts ⓘ
trial courts ⓘ
overseenBy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ⓘ
partOf Government of West Virginia ⓘ
protects constitutional rights under the Constitution of West Virginia ⓘ
constitutional rights under the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
reviews actions of executive branch of West Virginia ⓘ
acts of West Virginia Legislature ⓘ
specializedCourt West Virginia Family Courts ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
trialCourtOfGeneralJurisdiction West Virginia Circuit Courts ⓘ
trialCourtOfLimitedJurisdiction West Virginia Magistrate Courts ⓘ
uses West Virginia Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
West Virginia Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia → branchOf → Judicial branch of West Virginia ⓘ
Government of West Virginia → hasBranch → Judicial branch of West Virginia ⓘ