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).
Read more about Ontario Court Of Justice: Family Law, Criminal Law
Famous quotes containing the words court and/or justice:
“As to “Don Juan,” confess ... that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good English? It may be profligate, but is it not life, is it not the thing? Could any man have written it who has not lived in the world? and tooled in a post-chaise? in a hackney coach? in a Gondola? against a wall? in a court carriage? in a vis a vis? on a table? and under it?”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Have your union. You need it. Alone you are weak. Together you are strong. But remember, that with strength goes responsibility to others and yourselves. For you cannot conquer injustice with more injustice, only with justice and the help of God.”
—Philip Dunne (1908–1992)