| 单词 | Court of first instance |
| 释义 | 初審法院 A court in which any proceedings are first initiated. It gives the first full consideration of the case and issues a judgment and holds a trial if necessary, including hearing evidence, determining the facts and applying the relevant laws to make the decision. A court of first instance is distinguished from an appellate court. The Court of First Instance is a part of High Court with unlimited jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters: High Court Ordinance (Cap 4) s 3. The Court of First Instance shall be a superior court of record and subject to the provisions of the High Court Ordinance (Cap 4). The civil jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance shall consist of the original jurisdiction and authority of a like nature and extent as that held and exercised by the Chancery, Family and Queen’s Bench Divisions of the High Court of Justice in England, and any other jurisdiction whether original or appellate jurisdiction, conferred on it by any law. The criminal jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance shall consist of original jurisdiction of a like nature and extent as that held and exercised in criminal matters by the High Court of Justice and the Crown Court in England respectively, and any other jurisdiction, whether original or appellate jurisdiction, conferred on it by any law: High Court Ordinance (Cap 4) s 12. 任何法律程序首度被提起的法庭。初審法院首次對案件作出充分考慮及頒布判決；如有需要的話，初審法院亦會開庭審訊，包括聽取證據、就事實作出裁斷、和施行有關的法律以作出決定。初審法院有別於審理上訴的法院。原訟法庭屬高等法院的一部分，就刑事和民事事宜均具有無限司法管轄權：《高等法院條例》（第4章）第3條。原訟法庭必須為一高級紀錄法院，並受《高等法院條例》（第4章）的條文規限。原訟法庭的民事司法管轄權由以下各方面組成：與英格蘭高等司法院的大法官法庭、家事法庭及皇座法庭所具有並行使的原訟司法管轄權及權限的性質及範圍相類的原訟司法管轄權及權限；及任何其他由法律賦予高等法院的司法管轄權，不論是原訟或上訴司法管轄權。原訟法庭的刑事司法管轄權由以下各方面組成：與分別由英格蘭高等司法院及皇室法庭就刑事事宜所具有並行使的原訟司法管轄權的性質及範圍相類的原訟司法管轄權；及任何其他由法律賦予高等法院的司法管轄權，不論是原訟或上訴司法管轄權：《高等法院條例》（第4章）第12條。 |
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