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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1611. District Court of Virgin Islands; local courts; jurisdiction; practice and procedure
(a) District Court of Virgin Islands; local courts
The judicial power of the Virgin Islands shall be vested in a
court of record designated the "District Court of the Virgin
Islands" established by Congress, and in such appellate court and
lower local courts as may have been or may hereafter be established
by local law.
(b) Jurisdiction
The legislature of the Virgin Islands may vest in the courts of
the Virgin Islands established by local law jurisdiction over all
causes in the Virgin Islands over which any court established by
the Constitution and laws of the United States does not have
exclusive jurisdiction. Such jurisdiction shall be subject to the
concurrent jurisdiction conferred on the District Court of the
Virgin Islands by section 1612(a) and (c) of this title.
(c) Practice and procedure
The rules governing the practice and procedure of the courts
established by local law and those prescribing the qualifications
and duties of the judges and officers thereof, oaths and bonds, and
the times and places of holding court shall be governed by local
law or the rules promulgated by those courts.
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