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Polk County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 23, 1839. The location for the county seat of Benton was chosen by an election held on February 4, 1840. Copper was discovered in Ducktown in 1843. By the 1850s, a large mining operation was underway in southeastern Polk County; the area became known as the Copper ...
Courts of Tennessee include: State courts of Tennessee. Tennessee Supreme Court [1] Tennessee Court of Appeals (3 grand divisions) [2] Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals (3 grand divisions) [3] Tennessee Circuit Courts (32 judicial districts) [4] Tennessee Chancery and Probate Courts (32 judicial districts) [4] Tennessee Criminal Courts (32 ...
The Polk County Courthouse is a historic building in Benton, Tennessee. It serves as the courthouse for Polk County, Tennessee . Three courthouses were built for Polk County before this one. The first one was built in 1840, the second one in 1851, the third one in 1897. The fourth and current courthouse was built in 1937. [2] The building was ...
The Fairfax Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit, [1] is a court of general jurisdiction, serving the County and City of Fairfax, Virginia, in the United States. It is the largest trial court in Virginia and handles a wide range of both civil and criminal cases. The Court comprises fifteen full-time judges who adjudicate a myriad of legal ...
On February 13, 1801, in the famous "Midnight Judges" Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, Congress abolished the U.S. district court in Tennessee, and expanded the number of circuits to six, provided for independent circuit court judgeships, and abolished the necessity of Supreme Court Justices riding the circuits. It was this legislation which created ...
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Established. 1809-1833. Location. Carthage, Clarksville, Jonesborough, Knoxville, Nashville, and Rogersville. Authorized by. Tennessee General Assembly, Acts of 1809 Chapter 48 Section 23. Number of positions. Initially two and a Circuit Judge, then from 1811 three judges. The Tennessee Court of Errors and Appeals was established by the ...
Daley Center is the central courthouse, and one of six courthouses for the County One of the Circuit Court's courthouses. The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 24 circuit courts (trial courts of original and general jurisdiction) in the judiciary of Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States – second only in size to the Superior Court ...