Magistrates’ Courts of Grenada

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The Magistrates’ Courts of Grenada are lower-level courts that handle minor criminal matters, civil disputes of limited value, and preliminary hearings within Grenada’s judicial system.

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Label Occurrences
Magistrates’ Courts of Grenada canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
lower court ⓘ
trial court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ
appliesLaw laws of Grenada ⓘ
associatedWith police prosecutions ⓘ
canImpose limited fines ⓘ
short terms of imprisonment ⓘ
comparedTo High Court of Grenada ⓘ
country Grenada ⓘ
decisionsAppealableTo High Court of Grenada ⓘ
function administration of justice at local level ⓘ
handles civil disputes of limited value ⓘ
minor criminal matters ⓘ
preliminary hearings in criminal cases ⓘ
hears committal proceedings for indictable offences ⓘ
summary offences ⓘ
jurisdiction Grenada ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
levelInHierarchy lower level ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
partOf judicial system of Grenada ⓘ
presidingOfficer magistrate ⓘ
region Eastern Caribbean ⓘ
role first instance court for minor offences ⓘ
first instance court for small civil claims ⓘ
servesPopulationOf Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique ⓘ
stageInProcess pre-trial proceedings for serious offences ⓘ
typeOfCases civil cases under a monetary threshold ⓘ
criminal cases of lesser seriousness ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Judiciary of Grenada → hasCourt → Magistrates’ Courts of Grenada ⓘ
High Court of Justice of Grenada → oversees → Magistrates’ Courts of Grenada ⓘ
High Court of Justice of Grenada → hearsAppealsFrom → Magistrates’ Courts of Grenada ⓘ