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petty courts  

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  • Petty courts are known by various names: city or municipal courts, mayor's courts, magistrate's courts, or justice of the peace courts. They occupy the lowest level of courts and are courts of limited jurisdiction. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Petty Courts]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SHJ8HGL2-H

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