These are courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the Middle Ages in many areas of Europe these courts had much wider powers than before the ...
A jurisdictional instance of the Court of Justice of the European Union. From its inception on 1 January 1989 to 30 November 2009, it was known as the Court of First Instance ...
A court convened to decide matters and make orders in relation to family law, such as custody of children. In common-law jurisdictions "family courts" are statutory creations ...
Set costs in civil cases to be claimed in certain circumstances, e.g. if the defendant does not acknowledge a claim, the claimant will be entitled to these fixed costs from the ...
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