New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals

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The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals was historically the state's highest appellate court, serving as the ultimate judicial authority in New Jersey before being replaced by the modern Supreme Court of New Jersey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
former court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New Jersey ⓘ
State courts of New Jersey ⓘ
authorityOver appeals from the New Jersey Court of Chancery ⓘ
appeals from the former Supreme Court of New Jersey ⓘ
composedOf judges of the New Jersey Court of Chancery ⓘ
justices of the former Supreme Court of New Jersey ⓘ
six part-time lay judges ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedBy Constitution of New Jersey of 1947 ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of New Jersey of 1844 ⓘ
followedBy Supreme Court of New Jersey (1947 constitution) ⓘ
function final appellate review in civil cases ⓘ
final appellate review in criminal cases ⓘ
review of legal errors in lower court decisions ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver appeals on questions of law ⓘ
constitutional questions under New Jersey law ⓘ
equity appeals ⓘ
hasPart chancellor of New Jersey as presiding officer ⓘ
heritageStatus historical institution ⓘ
highestCourtInJurisdiction New Jersey ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century (early to mid) ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New Jersey ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm constitutional court ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New Jersey ⓘ
location Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
namedAfter its function to correct errors and hear appeals ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of New Jersey ⓘ
state-level judiciary in the United States ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Chancellor of New Jersey ⓘ
reasonForAbolition judicial reorganization under the 1947 New Jersey Constitution ⓘ
replaced Supreme Court of New Jersey (old constitution) as court of last resort ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Court of New Jersey ⓘ
role court of last resort ⓘ
highest appellate court in New Jersey ⓘ
significantEvent abolition upon reorganization of New Jersey judiciary in 1947 ⓘ
startTime 1844 ⓘ
successor Supreme Court of New Jersey (modern) ⓘ

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Supreme Court of New Jersey → predecessor → New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals ⓘ
Superior Court of New Jersey → reorganizedFrom → New Jersey court system prior to 1947 ⓘ
linked to: New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals → alsoKnownAs → Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals