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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Court/legal body	Function
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Vermont	Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 2	Supreme Court established; jurisdiction	(a) The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from judgments, rulings, and orders of the Superior Court, administrative agencies, boards, commissions, and officers unless otherwise provided by law.+ See more /> (b) The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the Superior Court, of proceedings in certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, and quo warranto and shall have jurisdiction to issue all writs, processes, and orders that may be necessary to the furtherance of justice and the regular execution of the law.	Supreme Court	Creation of the courts, Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Vermont	Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 32	Jurisdiction; Criminal Division	(a) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try, render judgment, and pass sentence in prosecutions for felonies and misdemeanors. (b) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try and + See more finally determine prosecutions for violations of bylaws or ordinances of a village, town, or city, except as otherwise provided.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts

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