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* '''General Court Records (1636-1818)''': Known as the General Assembly, the highest state court during the colonial era with civil and criminal jurisdiction. These records have been transcribed from ''The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut''. | |||
* '''Particular Court (1638-1666)''': All types of cases including appeals from town courts. These include ''The Public Records'' and abstracted in ''Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society.'' Vol. 22. ''Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663'' (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1928, film 0897077). See probate districts for more information. | |||
* '''Court of Assistants and Superior Court (1669-1715, 1715-)''': The Court of Assistants handled major civil and criminal cases. It was called the Court of Assistants, Superior Court, from 1687-1715 and was replaced by the country superior courts in 1715. | |||
* '''County Courts of Quarter Courts (1666-1855)''': This court handled civil, criminal, chancery, and divorce proceedings. | |||
* '''Town courts (1630s-)''': Justice of the Peace courts handled cases without a town court. | |||
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