Article VI.
Judicial Department

Section 1. Judicial power

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190918501837

Judicial power

The judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, circuit courts, probate courts, justices of the peace and such other courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction, inferior to the supreme court, as the legislature may establish by general law, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house.

190918501837

Judicial power

The judicial power is vested in one supreme court, in circuit courts, in probate courts, and in justices of the peace. Municipal courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction may be established by the Legislature in cities.

190918501837

Judicial power

The judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such other courts as the legislature may from time to time establish.

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