Trial Division

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The Trial Division is the primary branch of the High Court of American Samoa responsible for hearing and deciding civil and criminal cases at first instance.

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Label Occurrences
Trial Division canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court division ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
appealsTo Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
canGrantRemedy criminal sentences ⓘ
damages ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
establishedBy American Samoa Code Annotated ⓘ
governingLaw American Samoa Code Annotated ⓘ
handlesCaseType civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
hasJudgeType Associate Judge of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Associate Justice of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Chief Justice of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
hasSeat High Court building in Fagatogo, American Samoa ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom District Court of American Samoa ⓘ
jurisdiction American Samoa ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem American Samoan legal system ⓘ
legalTradition mixed common law and customary law ⓘ
levelOfCourt court of first instance ⓘ
location Pago Pago, American Samoa ⓘ
linked to: Pago Pago
officialName Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
partOf High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
regionServed Territory of American Samoa ⓘ
linked to: American Samoa
role decides civil and criminal cases ⓘ
hears cases at first instance ⓘ
shortName Trial Division ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction general jurisdiction ⓘ
superiorCourt Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa → shortName → Trial Division ⓘ
subject linked to: Trial Division