Concept in Definition ABC

The Court, also known as the court of Justice and cut, according to the geographical place where you are, is that site in which a collegiate group, or a judge, they resolve the guilt or not of a person in the framework of a judicial case that is followed against him.

Although the main function of this public body is exercising jurisdiction in the resolution of disputes, as we mentioned above, They can also effectively carry out acts of another type for which the corresponding laws enable them and which are designated as not contentious.

According to the function they display there is a diverse classification of courts; according to your composition: unipersonal (the opinions come from a single judge) and collegiate (The resolutions are the product of the opinion of a plurality of judges); according to its nature: ordinary (they must understand in all matters of the country), specials (they judge certain people and certain subjects) and arbitration (made up of referee judges); depending on the stage of the procedure:

from instruction(they deal with preparatory actions for a trial) and sentencing (Its function is to pass judgment in the corresponding matter); according to hierarchy that boast: lower (within the judicial hierarchy they occupy a lower place) and superior (on the contrary, those who occupy a higher place in that same system); according to competence that manifest: common or mixed (They must know about all matters or a specific subject) and specials (They present competence in certain matters to the detriment of others); according to the instance: single instance, first instance and second instance.

On the other hand, the court understood no longer as the site, the public body that we mentioned above but as the group of professional people in the field who are in charge of the activity of imparting justice, passing sentence, are also usually designate with the general term of court, for example, two members of the court abstained from voting in the case that attracts attention of the public.

Issues in Court