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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Court/legal body	Function
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maryland	Md. Const. art. IV, §§ 1, 14	Court of Appeals - creation of courts	The Judicial power of this State is vested in a Court of Appeals, such intermediate courts of appeal as the General Assembly may create by law, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, + See more and a District Court. These Courts shall be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used in the authentication of all process issuing from it..	Maryland Court of Appeals	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maryland	Md. Const. art. IV, §§ 1, 15	Special Appeals - creation of courts	The Judicial power of this State is vested in a Court of Appeals, such intermediate courts of appeal as the General Assembly may create by law, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, + See more and a District Court. These Courts shall be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used in the authentication of all process issuing from it..	Maryland Court of Special Appeals	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maryland	Md. Const. art. IV, §§ 1, 16	Circuit Courts - creation of courts	The Judicial power of this State is vested in a Court of Appeals, such intermediate courts of appeal as the General Assembly may create by law, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, + See more and a District Court. These Courts shall be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used in the authentication of all process issuing from it..	Maryland Circuit Courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maryland	Md. Const. art. IV, §§ 1, 17	District Courts - creation of courts	The Judicial power of this State is vested in a Court of Appeals, such intermediate courts of appeal as the General Assembly may create by law, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, + See more and a District Court. These Courts shall be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used in the authentication of all process issuing from it..	District Courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maryland	Md. Const. art. IV, §§ 1, 18	Orphans' Court - creation of courts	The Judicial power of this State is vested in a Court of Appeals, such intermediate courts of appeal as the General Assembly may create by law, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, + See more and a District Court. These Courts shall be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used in the authentication of all process issuing from it..	Orphans' Court	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Nevada	NV Const. Article 6, Sec. 1	Judicial power vested in court system	Judicial power vested in court system. The judicial power of this State is vested in a court system, comprising a Supreme Court, a court of appeals, district courts and justices of + See more the peace. The Legislature may also establish, as part of the system, courts for municipal purposes only in incorporated cities and towns.	All courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Nevada	NV Const. Article 6, Sec. 6	District Courts: Jurisdiction; referees; family court	2. The legislature may provide by law for: . . . . (b) The establishment of a family court as a division of any district + See more court and may prescribe its jurisdiction.	Family Court	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Oklahoma	Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 471.1	Authorization of Drug Court Programs	Each district court of this state is authorized to establish a drug court program pursuant to the provisions of this act, subject to availability of funds. Juvenile drug courts may + See more be established based upon the provisions of this act; provided, however, juveniles shall not be held, processed, or treated in any manner which violates any provision of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.	District Court	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Oklahoma	Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 472	Anna McBride Act--Mental health courts	Any district or municipal court of this state may establish a mental health court program pursuant to the provisions of this section, subject to the availability of funds.	District Court or Municipal Court	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Texas	Tex. Const. Art. 5 Sec. 1	Judicial power; courts in which vested	The judicial power of this State shall be vested in one Supreme Court, in one Court of Criminal Appeals, in Courts of Appeals, in District Courts, in County Courts, in + See more Commissioners Courts, in Courts of Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts as may be provided by law. The Legislature may establish such other courts as it may deem necessary and prescribe the jurisdiction and organization thereof, and may conform the jurisdiction of the district and other inferior courts thereto.	State courts	Creation of the courts

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