General courts
The General Court has jurisdiction as follows:
General courts have jurisdiction to hear all final lawsuits, proofs, and the like that are outside the jurisdiction of other courts, notary offices, and the Board of Grievances. They may, in particular, consider the following:
- Lawsuits related to real estate, such as a dispute over ownership, or a right related to it, or a lawsuit for damage from the property itself or from its beneficiaries, or a lawsuit for the assessment of benefits, eviction, payment of rent, or contribution to it, or a lawsuit to prevent interference with its possession or to recover it, and so on. The system does not stipulate otherwise.
- Issuing deeds of ownership of the property or its endowment.
- Claims arising from traffic accidents and violations stipulated in the traffic system and its executive regulations.