A trial court or court of first instance is a court having original jurisdiction, in which trials take place. Appeals from the decisions of trial courts...

The Regional Trial Courts (Filipino: Panrehiyong Hukuman sa Paglilitis) are the highest trial courts in the Philippines. In criminal matters, they have...

concentrated in a single trial rather than multiple hearings, and appellate review of trial court decisions is greatly limited. Jury trials are of far less importance...

bench trial. Hearings before administrative bodies may have many of the features of a trial before a court, but are typically not referred to as trials. An...

federal courts) diversity jurisdiction. Trial courts are courts that hold trials. Sometimes termed "courts of first instance", trial courts have varying...

but which intentionally disregards the court's legal or ethical obligations (compare show trial). A kangaroo court could also develop when the structure...

country. Decisions from this court can only be appealed to the Supreme Court. Below this level are Regional Trial Courts, which are spread throughout...

appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of the world, court systems are divided into at least three levels: the trial court, which initially...

committed to another court) and state trial courts regularly have concurrent jurisdiction with federal courts. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction...

The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. (Its Appellate...