Lower court

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For the type of court with limited jurisdiction over civil cases, see Small claims court.
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court, the principal venue of the Magistrates' Court of Victoria. The Magistrates' Court is the lowest court of the Victorian court hierarchy
Though Tokyo High Court has jurisdiction over first appeal cases as appellate court, it is still an inferior court to Supreme Court of Japan

A lower court or inferior court is a

precedents have no binding power.[2]

See also

Some of common law countries use term 'lower court' or 'inferior court' as antonym for 'superior court', meaning such lower courts have only limited jurisdiction according to importance of case (usually decided by monetary amount of claims). For information on this kind of courts, see Small claims court and superior court.

  • Magistrates' court
  • Provincial and territorial courts in Canada
  • Lower Courts of Namibia
  • Lower court of San Marino
  • Inferior courts of the United States

References

  1. US constitution. "Constitution of the United States"
    . United States Senate. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  2. ^ "Rogers, J. (1995). Lower Court Application of the "Overruling Law" of Higher Courts. Legal Theory, 1(2), 179". Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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