This relation records which court a jurist serves on as a sitting judge or judicial officer, connecting the individual to the bench they belong to. A court is an institution, often a government entity, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and administer justice, and it generally consists of judges or other judicial officers who decide the matters brought before it. Reading this relation from a jurist's page shows the court or courts the jurist serves; reading it from a court's page shows the jurists who sit on it.
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Court (Wikipedia)
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A court (or court of law) is an institution, often a government entity, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and administer justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. Courts generally consist of judges or other judicial officers, and are usually established and dissolved through legislation enacted by a legislature.
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