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Jurisdiction Trial Court  General Jurisdiction Trial Court is a
basic unit of the US state court system organization. The trial
court of general jurisdiction is responsible for hearing trials
at the basic level. A trial court can supervise the proceedings
of any case, be it a civil or a criminal one. However that case
must not be exclusively under the jurisdiction of any other
court. The General Jurisdiction Trial Court in the Federal
System of US is known as the District Court. However, the
particular state court system may establish general jurisdiction
trial court according to their organizational structure.
General Jurisdiction Trial Courts may also be under different
names. For example, General Jurisdiction Trial Court in Florida
is Florida Circuit Courts while in New York the responsibility
is given to the New York Supreme Court. Again, the state of
California has Superior Courts tha