Tribal courts definition

Tribal courts. (Court) means any judicial or other type of adjudicatory body established by the Bishop Tribal Council.
Tribal courts means the Band’s trial and appellate courts.
Tribal courts means any judicial or other type of adjudicatory body recognized by the Tribe, including but not limited to Tribal Trial and Appellate Courts, Courts of Indian Offenses, and the Inter-Tribal Courts of Appeal.

Examples of Tribal courts in a sentence

  • Eligible applicants include State, local, and Tribal courts (including juvenile courts); Tribal governments; units of local government, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victim services programs, including community-based organizations.

  • State and Tribal courts and State and Tribal child-welfare agencies are encouraged to work cooperatively to ensure that dismissal and transfer of information proceeds expeditiously and that the welfare of the Indian child is protected.

  • In several lawsuits to which the United States was not party, defendant mining and milling companies sought to enjoin Tribal courts from asserting jurisdiction in lawsuits claiming harm to Tribal members or their property from radioactivity as a result of mining or milling operations that took place on Indian lands.

  • Tribal courts should…Educate state judges on tribal law and federal Indian law.

  • Key partners can include law enforcement; pretrial services; risk and needs assessment experts; diversion, prevention, and treatment providers; juvenile justice; tribal prosecutors; tribal court services and defense counsel; detention facilities; community corrections; re-entry coordinators; community planners and facility managers; and traditional leaders.Examples of projects that can be supported are as follows: Tribal courts.

  • After lunch at a random store, Lin Huang summoned the Viridian Wolf and headed to the Union Government division.

  • Tribal courts have jurisdiction over offenses committed by Indians on the Reservation, but the Federal courts have jurisdiction over non-Indians committing any offense on the Reservation and over felonies committed by Indians on the Reservation.

  • Tribal courts are not connected to or overseen by the Oregon Judicial Department.

  • Tribal courts have plenary criminal jurisdiction over Indians6 who commit crimes in Indian country.

  • He provided his view of the barriers to improving safety in Indian Country: lack of funds for Tribal courts, fatigue in applying for discretionary grants because the money does not go where it is needed, high crime rates against Native American women, limited number of police officers, overburdened court systems, and lack of jail space.


More Definitions of Tribal courts

Tribal courts means both the trial level court and appellate level court of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians.
Tribal courts means the trial court and the appellate court of the Band.
Tribal courts means the Tribe’s trial and appellate courts.
Tribal courts means both the trial level court and appellate level court of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.
Tribal courts means the trial level court and appellate level court of the Band.
Tribal courts means any or all of the courts established by the Pueblo to enforce its tribal laws.

Related to Tribal courts

  • Tribal Court means a court with jurisdiction over child custody proceedings and that is either a Court of Indian Offenses, a court established and operated under the code of custom of an Indian tribe or any other administrative body of a tribe that is vested with authority over child custody proceedings.

  • Courts means the Ontario Court, the Quebec Court and the BC Court.

  • Trial court means the court or agency from which an appeal or judicial review is taken.

  • New York Courts shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).

  • Delaware Courts shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).