The Ontario Court of Justice is a provincial court of record for the Canadian province of Ontario. This court oversees matters relating to family law and criminal law.
The court is located in 200 locations across the province.
This court is subordinate in relationship to the "superior" courts. The phrase "provincial court" or "territorial court" is often used to mean a low level court whose decisions can be reviewed by a "superior" court. Decades ago they were managed at the local municipal level. See Provincial Court.
The Ontario Court of Justice is a division of the Court of Ontario. (The other division of the Court of Ontario is the Superior Court of Justice.)
Until 1999, the Ontario Court of Justice was called the Ontario Court of Justice (Provincial Division).
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