Instance Court

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(Law) the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The first instance courts rejected his release," the MP said.
25 (Saba) - The Supreme Judicial Council on Tuesday approved redistribution of spatial jurisdiction between first instance courts in Saada province temporally.
The first instance courts and courts of appeal rejected the claims of the claimant.
The first instance and second instance courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded 563 court settlements during the "Court settlement weeks" from April 16 to 27.
The president of the Superior Administrative Tribunal, in charge of hearing recourses against rulings by first instance courts on government administrative matters, revoked a recent ruling that ordered the suspension of a public tender for the construction of the Central Punta Catalina with its two coal-fired plants in Punta Catalina, Peravia, reports eldia.com.do (Sept.
The aim of the project is to ensure that cases are processed in the same judicial year - without adjourning them to the next year, except for cases referred in the previous year to First Instance courts.
The Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi overturned the rulings that had earlier been issued by both the appeal and first instance courts, which had found the Arab boy guilty of eight charges that included causing the accident that injured two people, driving without a licence and consuming drugs.