Article IV. Judiciary
Index
- § 1. Creation of Courts
- § 2. Justices of Supreme Court and Other State Judges; Qualifications; Residence; Precedence
- § 3. Appointment of Judges; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Political Representation; Confirmation of Appointment
- § 4. Compensation of Judges; Method of Payment; Receipt of Other Fees Or Holding Other Office
- § 5. Composition of Superior Court; Presiding Judge; Quorum
- § 6. Sessions of Superior Court
- § 7. Jurisdiction of Superior Court
- § 7a. Jurisdiction of Family Court
- § 7b. Jurisdiction of Court of Common Pleas
- § 8. Definitions of Particular Terms
- § 9. Jurisdiction of Orphans' Court
- § 10. Composition and Jurisdiction of Court of Chancery; Initiation and Decisions In Causes and Proceedings
- § 11. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
- § 12. Composition of Supreme Court; Designation of Temporary Justices; Quorum; Opening and Adjourning Court
- § 13. Administrative Head of Courts; Supervisory Powers; Designation of Judges to Sit In Court of Chancery, Or the Superior Court
- § 14. Power of Law Judges to Grant Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions
- § 15. Judges Ad Litem; Limitation and Expiration of Commission; Compensation; Persons Not Disqualified
- § 16. Scope of Jurisdiction and Process; Costs
- § 17. Jurisdictional Changes By General Assembly; Appeals to Supreme Court
- § 18. Powers of Chancellor, Vice-Chancellors and Judges
- § 19. Instructions to Jury
- § 20. Trial By Court of Issues of Fact In Civil Causes
- § 21. Amendments In Civil Pleadings and Proceedings By Superior Court; Examination of Witnesses and Parties
- § 22. Payment Into Court Pending Action For Debt Or Damages; Costs
- § 23. Survival of Action; Executor Or Administrator As Party; Continuance
- § 24. Security For Stay of Proceedings On Appeal Or Writ of Error
- § 25. Chief Register In Chancery: Appointment; Powers and Duties
- § 26. Prothonotary As Clerk of Superior Court; Powers and Duties; Entry of Testatum Fieri Facias
- § 27. Clerk of Supreme Court; Term of Office and Compensation
- § 28. Criminal Jurisdiction of Inferior Courts and Justices of the Peace; Regulation of Jurisdiction; Indictment; Jury Trial; Appeals
- § 29. Justices of the Peace; Term of Office; Powers of the Chief Magistrate and Justices of the Peace
- § 30. Justices of the Peace, Chief Magistrate, and Judges of Legislative Courts; Appointment By Governor; Terms of Office
- § 31. Registers of Wills; Depositions of Witnesses; Process; Appeals to Court of Chancery; Disqualification of Register For Interest
- § 32. Adjustment and Settlement of Executors' and Administrators' Accounts; Notice; Hearing of Exceptions In Court of Chancery; Transfer of Jurisdiction; Appeals
- § 33. Style of Process and Public Acts; Prosecutions In Name of State
- § 34. Continuation In Office and Designation of Certain Judicial Officers
- § 34a. Continuation In Office and Designation of Judicial Officers of the Family Court and the Court of Common Pleas
- § 35. Proceedings Pending At Time of 1951 Amendment; Books, Records and Papers; Effect of Amended Article On Court of Chancery
- § 36. Abolition of Orphans' Court; Transfer of Jurisdiction and Powers
- § 37. Court On the Judiciary
- § 38. Retired Judges and Justices; Temporary Assignment
- § 39. Senior Judges