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=== 1722 - pres. Court of common pleas === | === 1722 - pres. Court of common pleas === | ||
The court of common pleas and the orphan's court were closely allied and had the same judges, but they were distinct in practice. These courts had countywide jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases including real estate, bankruptcy, tax collection, naturalization, and divorce. As an example of these records, the library has ''Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), Appearance Dockets, 1769-1905; Adsecturm Index, 1750-1894 ''(on 40 Family History Library films beginning with 1010167); and Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), ''Divorce Decrees, 1810-1905'' (Family History Library films 1011472-84). | The court of common pleas and the orphan's court were closely allied and had the same judges, but they were distinct in practice. These courts had countywide jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases including real estate, bankruptcy, tax collection, naturalization, and divorce. As an example of these records, the library has ''Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), Appearance Dockets, 1769-1905; Adsecturm Index, 1750-1894 ''(on 40 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=420384&disp=Appearance+dockets%2C+1769-1905%3B+Ads++ 1010167]); and Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), ''Divorce Decrees, 1810-1905'' (Family History Library films 1011472-84). | ||
=== 1722 - pres. Supreme court === | === 1722 - pres. Supreme court === | ||