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- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-156a and 51-156b · Secs. 51-156a and 51-156b.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-156c to 51-157 · Short calendar, small claims, night sessions; special sessions; construction and acquisition of new courthouses; office of Chief Family Relations Officer abolished. Notice of sessions; assignment of judges.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-157a · Sec. 51-157a.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-157b to 51-160 · Family relations matters transferred from Superior Court: Terms and sessions for hearing; power of court or judge. Adjournment of court. Rooms for special sessions. Place of trial need not be designated.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-161 · Sec. 51-161.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-162 to 51-164 · Files and judgments of court held in Stamford to be recorded and preserved in Stamford. Transfer of hearings before judge. Records may be rewritten.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164a · Sec. 51-164a.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-164b and 51-164c · Prosecuting attorneys and associates not to practice criminal law. New trial; rehearing.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164d · Sec. 51-164d.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164e · Sec. 51-164e.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-164f and 51-164g · Instruction of jury; judgment notwithstanding verdict. Practice and procedure; orders and rules.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164h · Sec. 51-164h.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164i · Commission to study the court. Duties. Report.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-164j to 51-164l · Common pleas judicial district of Ansonia-Milford.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164m · Chief Court Administrator to establish schedule of fines.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164n · Procedure upon summons for infraction or certain violations. Payment by mail. Agreement to enter into installment payment plan. Procedure at trial.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164o · Procedure for nonresidents.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164p · Violations of municipal ordinances, regulations and bylaws.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164q · Certain violations deemed infractions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164r · Failure to pay or plead.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164s · Superior Court sole trial court. Jurisdiction transferred from Court of Common Pleas and Juvenile Court.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164t · Composition of Superior Court established by rule.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164u · Transfer of matters and appeals pending on July 1, 1978.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164v · (Formerly Sec. 51-141b). Use of Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas forms in the Superior Court.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164w · Juvenile Court, Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas construed to mean Superior Court as of July 1, 1978.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164x · Review of order prohibiting attendance at court session; review of certain orders sealing or limiting disclosure to court documents, affidavits or files.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-165 · Number of judges. Retired judges. Assignment to hear housing matters and juvenile matters.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-166 · Annual meeting of judges.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-167 · Special meetings of the judges.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-168 · Sec. 51-168.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-169 to 51-171 · Salaries of clerks and assistant clerks; traveling expenses; full-time, part-time requirements. Clerks of Superior Court to be county and judicial district clerks; custody of records of former county courts. Certification re authority of notaries public who recorded commissions prior to July 1, 1982. Custody of files and judgments in Stamford.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-171a · Sec. 51-171a.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-172 to 51-174 · Records and files at Waterbury. Civil actions on appeals brought in Ansonia filed in Waterbury. Records and seal of court at Winchester.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-175 · Sec. 51-175.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-175a and 51-175b · Secs. 51-175a and 51-175b.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-176 to 51-179 · Special state's attorney. Circuit Court prosecutors not to be state's attorneys. Expenses of state's attorneys. Civil term.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-180 · Criminal terms and sessions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-180a · (Formerly Sec. 51-153). Special session when accused confined for want of bail.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181 · Times and places for the sitting of the Superior Court.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181a · Sessions at Bristol.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181b · Drug docket and drug courts.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181c · Community court.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181d · Truancy docket. Implementation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181e · Domestic violence dockets.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181f · Firearm-related crime dockets.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182 · Notice of sessions. Special sessions. Short calendar.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-182a and 51-182b · Family relations term. Family relations sessions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182c · *
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182d · Length of family relations sessions; assignment of judges.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-182e and 51-182f · *
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182g · Sec. 51-182g.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182h · *
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-182i to 51-182k · *
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182l · *
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182m · *
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-182n and 51-182o · Hearing of appeals from Juvenile Court. Sessions for appeals from Common Pleas Court.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-182p · *
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183 · Substitute judge.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183a · (Formerly Sec. 51-28). Judge's inability to hold court.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183b · (Formerly Sec. 51-29). Judgments in civil actions. Time limit.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183c · (Formerly Sec. 51-41). Same judge not to preside at new trial.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183d · (Formerly Sec. 51-42). Disqualified judge; proceedings not void.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183e · (Formerly Sec. 51-43). Presiding judge or arbitrator to have casting vote.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183f · (Formerly Sec. 51-44). Expiration of term, disability retirement, death or resignation of judge.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183g · (Formerly Sec. 51-46). Retiring judge; unfinished matters.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183h · (Formerly Sec. 51-41a). Judge not to hear motion attacking bench warrant which he signed.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-184 · Adjournment of court.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-185 · Disposition of civil business at criminal sessions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-186 · Hearings at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-187 · Court accommodations in Windham County and at Rockville.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-187a and 51-187b · Secs. 51-187a and 51-187b.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-188 · Sec. 51-188.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-189 · Transfer of hearings before judges.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-190 · Trial before judge; papers filed where.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-190a · (Formerly Sec. 51-161). Filing of papers upon decision.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-191 to 51-193 · Cause affecting land; documents lodged in Superior Court. Clerk designated by judge to take papers. Records may be rewritten.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193a · Sec. 51-193a.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193b · Payment of fees, costs and fines by credit card.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193c · Filing of document or data by computer, facsimile transmission or other technology. Use of technology for required payments. Electronic signature and verification. Standards. Rules.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193d · Moneys found in or on grounds of Superior Court presumed abandoned.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-193e to 51-193k · Secs. 51-193e to 51-193k.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193l · Appointment of magistrates. Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 51-193m to 51-193q · Prosecutions to be submitted to magistrate. Persons alleged to have committed motor vehicle infractions; payment of fine; plea of not guilty. Request for jury trial; hearing in Superior Court. Notification of magistrate by clerk of court; where hearing may be held. Hearing before magistrate; report; final judgment.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193r · Compensation of magistrates.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193s · Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193t · Hearing of small claims matters by magistrate.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193u · Hearing of violations and infractions by magistrate. Authority of magistrate decision. Demand for trial de novo.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-194 · Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-195 · Application for review of sentence.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-196 · Review of sentence or commitment. Decision.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197 · Forms and rules of procedure.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197a · Appeals to Appellate Court. Writs. Transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197b · (Formerly Sec. 52-7). Administrative appeals.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197c · Appellate Court; judges, appointment, terms, Chief Judge.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197d · Jurisdiction of appellate session.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197e · Consolidation of appeals.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197f · Further review by certification only.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-198 · Constitution of Supreme Court; retired judges, terms, participation in meetings; deliberation and participation in disposition of case after age of seventy.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-198a · Law clerks.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-199 · Jurisdiction.