Walk It Through: The Day In Court
A handgun at the courthouse door, a claim in magistrate court, and a jury summons on the way out.
Heading to magistrate court for a hearing on a claim, a person who usually carries a handgun reaches the courthouse door.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One day at the courthouse. An appeal to circuit court, collecting the judgment, a federal jury and a family court case are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- ConcealedCarried so that another person in the ordinary course of events would not be put on notice of the weapon.
- Deadly weaponAn instrument designed or readily adaptable to be used as a weapon, including a knife with a sharp-edged or sharp-pointed blade capable of inflicting cutting, stabbing or tearing wounds.
- Magistrate courtThe county court that hears civil actions up to $20,000, apart from interest and costs, and evictions where title is not in dispute.
- Unlawful entry and detainerA suit by a person forcibly or unlawfully turned out of possession, or against one unlawfully holding over, for the premises and damages, brought within three years.