Single-judge courts hearing civil claims and conducting criminal investigations, with the Audiencias Provinciales sitting as the ordinary appellate courts above them.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- General courts of first instance
- Jurisdiction
- By judicial district (partido judicial)
- Seat
- Various
- Composition
- Single professional judge per court.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Appeal to the Audiencia Provincial, then cassation to the Tribunal Supremo.
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