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.   
      
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