A trial court of general jurisdiction is authorized to hear any type of civiln courts at all, but in quasi-judicial bodies or in administrative agencies with adjudicatory power created by statute to make binding determinations with simplified procedural practices, such as arbitration.
A trial court of general jurisdiction is authorized to hear any type of civil or criminal case that is not committed exclusively to another court. Other trials do not take place in courts at all, but in quasi-judicial bodies or in administrative agencies with adjudicatory power created by statute to make binding determinations with simplified procedural practices, such as arbitration.