City court

City court or municipal court is a court of law with jurisdiction limited to a city or other municipality. It typically addresses "violations of city ordinances and may also have jurisdiction over minor criminal cases...and over certain civil cases."[1][2] Examples include Moscow City Court in Russia, Municipal Court of Chicago[3][4] and New York City Civil Court in the United States.

In Sri Lanka, A special Court created under the Municipal Council's Ordinance, No. 2 of 1947 (section 562). A municipality would appoint a Municipal Magistrate. A Municipal Magistrate may be appointed as an additional Magistrate in conjunction with his other duties. They do not have civil jurisdiction, they have jurisdiction over any breach of any municipal by-laws per the Municipal Council's Ordinance. Now the local magistrate courts performs the duties of the municipal magistrate courts.[5]

  1. ^ Steven H. Gifis (2016). Dictionary of Legal Terms (5th ed.). New York: Barron's Educational Series. ISBN 978-1-4380-6796-4.
  2. ^ James A. Ballentine (1916). A Law Dictionary. Indianapolis, USA: Bobbs-Merrill.
  3. ^ David B. Wolcott (2006). "Criminal Justice System". In David Goldfield (ed.). Encyclopedia of American Urban History. SAGE Publications. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-1-4522-6553-7.
  4. ^ "Timeline of Judicial History". History of the Illinois Courts. Waukegan, IL: Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Lake County, Illinois. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  5. ^ commonlii.org http://www.commonlii.org/lk/legis/consol_act/mc576223.pdf. Retrieved 25 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)