From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 20-May-14 13:20, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> On Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:01:37 PM UTC-4, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
>> For instance, my city's municipal courts are not courts of record.
>> If I lost a case and appealed, a county trial court (which in this
>> case acts as an odd sort of appellate court) would hold a new trial
>> on the record.
>
> One needs to be careful about that.  Jurisdictions vary.  In some,
> muni courts are as you describe.  Indeed, often people don't care too
> much about a hearing in the muni court, knowing if they lose they'll
> go to the next level.  But in other jurisdiction the muni court is
> one of record, and the appellate court process is completely
> different.

... and if you hadn't snipped the context, you'd see that's exactly what
I already said before Adam misread "court of record" and I had to clarify.

S

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