To provide a place to resolve the differences between the plaintiff and the defendant.
Federal courts of general jurisdiction (US District Courts, etc.) handle both civil and criminal cases.
Charging and trying defendants for breaking federal laws.
Federal courts may hear civil cases or criminal cases.
Misdemeanors and civil cases
Crimminal and Civil cases.
Criminal cases and civil cases
United States district courts consider criminal and civil cases that come under federal authority.
If you are referring to court of law, during the Roman Republic there were courts for civil cases courts and for criminal cases.
In 2010, a total of 361,323 cases were filed in US District Courts; of those, 282,895, or 78.3%, were civil cases.
All cases, criminal and civil, originating within that particular courts jurisdiction.
The Appeals court reviews the district courts decisions.What do the District courts do? you ask, they handle civil and criminal cases that come under federal authority.They handle appeals from the Federal District Court.
Courts that have the authority to be the first courts in which most federal cases are heard are known as district courts. These are the trial courts of the federal judiciary system and are responsible for hearing both civil and criminal cases.