Magistrates' Court / Court of Law / "Peace Court" / (Justice of the Peace)

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Magistrates' Court / Court of Law / "Peace Court" / (Justice of the Peace)

Magistrates' Court / Court of Law / "Peace Court" / (Justice of the Peace)

A court of first instance. A court whose authority is lower than that of a district court.

("These are the things that you shall do: Speak truth each man to his neighbor, and administer peace justice in your gates" – Zechariah 8:16; and: "He descended from his palace to the court" – Ibn Ezra, Psalms 36:6)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּית מִשְׁפַּט שָׁלוֹם, בימ"ש הַשָּׁלוֹם (שׁוֹפֵט שָׁלוֹם)

Definition (Hebrew)

בֵּית מִשְׁפָּט בְּעַרְכָּאָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. בֵּית מִשְׁפָּט שֶׁסַּמְכוּתוֹ פְּחוּתָה מִזּוֹ שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּשְׁפָּט הַמְּחוֹזִי.

("אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ דַּבְּרוּ אֱמֶת אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ אֱמֶת וּמִשְׁפַּט שָׁלוֹם שִׁפְטוּ בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶם"- זְכַרְיָה ח טז, וְכֵן: "יָרַד-מֵאַרְמוֹנוֹ אֶל בֵּית הַמִּשְׁפָּט"- אִבְּן עֶזְרָא תְּהִלִּים עב ו)

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