It will also sit as a court of first instance in rare instances.

The court of first instance held that it had both international and territorial jurisdiction.

Each court of first instance has a law judge and a substitute judge.

A court of first instance is one in which an action is commenced.

They dismissed the appeal enabling the case to once again proceed in the court of first instance.

As courts of first instance, they hear more complex civil cases and serious criminal cases.

The Court of first instance decided that there had not been unfairly prejudicial conduct.

There are specialized courts of first instance for family litigation or bankruptcy in some cities and states.

She was later acquitted by the Turkish court of first instance in its first sitting.

Civil halls: are responsible for appeals against judgements by courts of first instance.

Each comarca has at least one trial court, a court of first instance.

These are the courts of general jurisdiction and the principal court of first instance.

The only possible difference is regarding the municipalities that have a court of first instance and those that do not.

It was formerly called as the Court of First Instance before 1980.

The people's courts are the courts of first instance.

It is a court of appeal and a court of first instance.

The Court of First Instance has suspended orders in the past.

A trial court or court of first instance is a court in which trials take place.

The court of first instance convicted Girbaud, and ordered the billboard removed.

The judges of the courts of first instance take office after public competitive examination.

Three-judge courts of first instance have jurisdiction over major civil suits and serious crimes.

The Inner House will sit as a court of first instance in respect of special cases.

Courts of First Instance are subdivided according to their specialty.

The High Court is a court of first instance which has unlimited jurisdiction.

It is a court of first instance in England and Wales that deals with family matters.

"The bankruptcy court is becoming a court of first resort rather than last," he said.

District courts are the courts of first resort.

It also will provide mechanisms for settling disputes among family members, using committees of health care professionals as a court of first resort and the judiciary as a court of last resort.

Whatever the Justices' different views of the nuances of this case, they almost surely do not want to convert the Supreme Court into a court of first resort for every death-row inmate with a newly discovered constitutional argument.

To the Editor: Re "Court of First Resort," by Samantha Power (Op-Ed, Feb. 10): Fear that the International Criminal Court will prosecute those responsible for the killing in Darfur extends well beyond the Sudanese militia leader Ms. Power describes.