Constitution · West Virginia

W. Va. Const. art. VIII, § 1

Constitution
Constitution of West Virginia
Text as of
October 2026

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Judicial power. The judicial power of the state shall be vested solely in a supreme court of appeals and in the circuit courts, and in such intermediate appellate courts and magistrate courts as shall be hereafter established by the Legislature, and in the justices, judges and magistrates of such courts.

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