Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inferior Court

One whose jurisdiction is limited by statute ; whose records must affirmatively show their authority to act in the particular case; courts of a limited and special jurisdiction, which are erected on such principles that their judgments, taken alone, are entirely disregarded, unless the proceedings show their jurisdiction. Also, the term is used in the broad sense of denoting every court which is subject to the reviewing power of another court.

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Inferior Court in Historical Law

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Inferior court in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of inferior court.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• inferior court in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• inferior court in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

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