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* '''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. | * '''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. | * '''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. | * '''Town courts (1630s-)''': Justice of the Peace courts handled cases without a town court.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 201-202. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | ||
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