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dikasteria
Popular legal courts that developed from courts of appeal to courts of first instance or a trial court in which trials take place at a "first (initial) level".

courts of "first instance" are said to have original jurisdiction of legal proceedings that are initiated or first heard.

A court of first instance is distinguishable from an appellate court, which is a court of last instance. In the federal court system, a federal district court is a court of first instance, whereas the Supreme Court is the court of last instance.

This entry is located in the following unit: diko-, dik-, dico-, dic- + (page 1)