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Parish Court

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Louisiana. A court established in each parish, having general probate jurisdiction, and a limited civil jurisdiction.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An inferior English court the jurisdiction of which did not extend beyond the parish.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Louisiana the local courts in each parish, corresponding generally to county and probate courts, and, in some respects, justices’ courts, in other states were formerly so called.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The name of a court established in each parish in Louisiana, and corresponding to the county courts or common pleas courts in the other states. It has a limited civil jurisdiction, besides general probate powers.

Defined under Parish in Black's Law Dictionary.