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The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Tribunal Supremo) is the highest court of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law.The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United States; being the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico the highest state court and the court of last resort in Puerto Rico.
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; 18°27'47.6"N 66°05'17.6"W: Established: 1900; 125 years ago (): Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico: Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico: Coordinates: 18°27'47.6"N 66°05'17.6"W: Composition method: Appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate: Authorised by: Constitution of Puerto Rico: Appeals to: Supreme Court of the United States ...
USDC, D of Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR. Civil Numbers 06-1260 (GAG) and 06-1524 (GAG) (Consolidated). 10 November 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2013. Guillermo A. Baralt, History of the Federal Court in Puerto Rico: 1899–1999 (2004) (Translated into English by Janis Palma, also published in Spanish as Historia del Tribunal Federal de Puerto Rico)
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; Severo Quiñones Court ; Chief Justice: José Severo Quiñones (1900–1909) : 1898–1899: Maragliano | Hernández Santiago | de Diego Martínez | Figueras | Nieto Abeillé | Roméu Aguayo
The extent of the powers of the government of Puerto Rico and the rights of the citizens of Puerto Rico as enumerated in the Constitution of Puerto Rico and the laws of Puerto Rico are subject to the authority of the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the United States, which are enacted and amended by the Congress of the United ...
The first stamps used in Puerto Rico were issues for the Spanish West Indies, for use in both Cuba and Puerto Rico, but these were not generally used in Puerto Rico until 1856. [2] [3] The first stamps inscribed "Puerto Rico" were issued in 1873. [2] [4] Postal cards for Puerto Rico were printed in Spain and sent to their colonies in 1878. [5]
The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PR DOJ) (Spanish: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of the local law in the commonwealth and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in many US states.
The Old District Courthouse of Humacao (Spanish: Antiguo Tribunal de Distrito de Humacao) is a historic two-story concrete government building constructed in 1925 in the Neoclassical style located in Humacao Pueblo (downtown Humacao), in the Puerto Rican municipality of the same name. [1]