§ 20-101 Court of record; jurisdiction; administrative authority; duties of chief justice
§ 20-101a Original jurisdiction in legislative apportionment cases
§ 20-102 Terms
§ 20-103 Adjournments
§ 20-104 Records and papers
§ 20-105 Qualifications of justices
§ 20-106 Marshal; powers; oath
§ 20-107 Process; fees
§ 20-108 Carrying out appellate court judgments and decrees by district courts
§ 20-109 Clerk; oath; fees
§ 20-110 Duties of clerk
§ 20-111 Syllabus of case
§ 20-112 Written opinions
§ 20-115 Fees to state general fund
§ 20-116 Supplies; requisitions
§ 20-119 Selection of chairperson
§ 20-120 Selection of member from each congressional district
§ 20-121 Tie votes resolved by lot
§ 20-122 Certificate evidencing qualifications and voting; separate envelopes; preservation of ballots and certificates; information to secretary of state; open records
§ 20-123 Record of election and appointment to commission; notification; meetings; rules and regulations; public body subject to open meetings act
§ 20-124 Appointment of nonlawyer members; vacancies
§ 20-125 Terms of office
§ 20-126 Uncontested elections
§ 20-127 Change in status affecting membership; vacancies
§ 20-128 Appointment by chief justice to fill vacancy of lawyer member, when; certification
§ 20-129 Congressional redistricting; effect; staggered terms
§ 20-130 Canvassers of elections; duties
§ 20-131 Additional term for members
§ 20-132 Vacancies in supreme court; notification of chairman; nominations by commission
§ 20-133 Intent of act; powers and duties of commission
§ 20-134 Withdrawal of nominations and substitution of names, when
§ 20-135 Appointments by chief justice, when
§ 20-136 Acquisition of supplies and equipment
§ 20-137 Compensation of members; expenses
§ 20-138 Compensation and expenses; expenses of judicial nominating commission members and clerk
§ 20-139 Conferences of supreme court justices and certain judges; expenses
§ 20-152 Judicial study advisory committee; appointment; expenses
§ 20-153 Same; supplies, clerical assistance, contracts; duties of judicial administrator; staff services of coordinating council
§ 20-154 Same; use of judicial council and supreme court funds for matching purposes for study and survey
§ 20-155 Supreme court law library; law librarian and other personnel
§ 20-156 Same; operation and management; classification and cataloguing of materials; procurement of legal publications of other jurisdictions; exchange, sale or loan of library materials; duplicate law book fund
§ 20-157 Same; transfer of certain publications, books, records and accounts from state library
§ 20-158 Budget for judicial branch of state government; preparation; submission
§ 20-159 Reproduction and preservation of court records; minimum standards
§ 20-160 Court may adopt rules relating to court records
§ 20-161 Supreme court to establish pay plan, personnel plan and affirmative action plan for certain nonjudicial personnel; contents of plans; copy submitted to legislature
§ 20-162 Supreme court to establish judicial personnel classification system; exceptions; contents
§ 20-163 Official station, justices and court of appeals judges
§ 20-164 Rules establishing expedited process for support, parenting time and child visitation orders
§ 20-165 Rules establishing child support guidelines
§ 20-166 Access to justice fund; expenditures; grant guidelines established by the supreme court
§ 20-167 Supervision fee for juvenile offender; fees paid to county general fund; waiver
§ 20-168 Seal of justice for supreme court courtroom; replica of seal in supreme court chamber in capitol; gifts and donations, disposition; assistance by secretary of administration
§ 20-169 Collection of debts owed to courts or restitution; duties of judicial administrator; contracts for collection
§ 20-170 Clerk; duty to maintain roster of attorneys; eligibility to nominate or cast ballots for supreme court nominating commission; transmission of roster to secretary of state; open record
§ 20-171 Severability of the provisions of chapter 93 of the 2016 Session Laws of Kansas
§ 20-172 Orders issued by chief justice to secure health and safety or expeditiously resolve cases; suspension of deadlines or time limitations during a state of disaster emergency or state of local disaster emergency; authorized use of two-way electronic audio
§ 20-173 Specialty court programs; rules; specialty court funding advisory committee; duties, membership, compensation; specialty court resources fund; program completion, reduction or modification of sentence
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 20 > Article 1 - Supreme Court

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: means an individual or a nonprofit corporation certified in accordance with Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.