Article V.

Section I. Of the judicial power

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The courts

The courts

The judicial power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in courts of Common Pleas, courts of Oyer and Terminal and General Jail Delivery, courts of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans’ Courts, Magistrates’ Courts, and in such other courts as the General Assembly may from time to time establish.

Of the judicial power

The Judicial power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, in a Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court, Register’s Court, and a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for each county; in Justices of the Peace, and in such other Courts as the legislature may, from time to time, establish.

Courts of Justice shall be Established in the City of Philadelphia and in every County of this State.

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