Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 101 (2026)

 Short title of title.

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TITLE 42

JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

 

Part

I.  Preliminary Provisions

II.  Organization

III.  Selection, Retention and Removal of Judicial Officers

IV.  Financial Matters

V.  Administration of Justice Generally

VI.  Actions, Proceedings and Other Matters Generally

VII.  Civil Actions and Proceedings

VIII.  Criminal Proceedings

 

Enactment.  Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 42 were added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, effective 60 days from the date of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53. Act 142 also amended certain part headings and repealed former Chapter 83 which were added November 15, 1972, P.L.1063, No.271.

Special Provisions in Appendix.  See Act 142 of 1976, Act 53 of 1978 and other statutory provisions in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to pending proceedings, periods of limitation, existing judicial officers and bodies and financial matters, etc.

Short Title of Implementing Statutes.  Section 28 of Act 142 of 1976 provided that Act 142 shall be known and may be cited as the Judiciary Act of 1976.

Section 1 of Act 53 of 1978 provided that Act 53 shall be known and may be cited as the Judiciary Act Repealer Act.

Section 101 of Act 142 of 1980 provided that Act 142 shall be known and may be cited as the JARA Continuation Act of 1980.

Section 101 of Act 326 of 1982 provided that Act 326 shall be known and may be cited as the JARA Continuation Act of 1982.

 

 

PART I

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

 

Chapter

1.  General Provisions

 

Enactment.  Part I was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, effective 60 days from the date of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53.

 

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Sec.

101.  Short title of title.

102.  Definitions.

103.  Principles of construction.

 

Enactment.  Chapter 1 was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, effective 60 days from the date of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53.

§ 101.  Short title of title.

This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Judicial Code."

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: Town of McCandless v. McCandless Police Officers Ass'n, 901 A.2d 991 (Pa. 2006).
Town of McCandless v. McCandless Police Officers Ass'n, 901 A.2d 991 (Pa. 2006). · cites it 2× “What has changed is that an initial review no longer begins in this Court, and that, while the General Assembly has not amended Act 111 itself to explicitly recognize the prospect of narrow certiorari review (or judicial review at all), it has adopted general provisions in the…”
Lycoming Cnty. v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Bd., 943 A.2d 333 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008). “42 Pa.C.S. §§ 101 - 9909. 31 . Act of July 14, 1961, P.”
Sorace v. Sorace, 655 A.2d 125 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1995). · cites it 2× “[2] 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 101 et seq. [3] We have not included contempt proceedings in our analysis since the agreement at issue specifically provided for the use of contempt proceedings to enforce the agreement.”
Est. of Ciuccarelli, 81 A.3d 953 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2013). “42 Pa.C.S. §§ 101, et seq. . The jurisdictional statute at issue in Cantor was 20 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Simmons, 565 A.2d 481 (Pa. 1989). · cites it 2× “142, as amended, 42 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq. does not give this court any broad discretionary power of review.”
In Re Smith, 687 A.2d 1229 (Ct. Jud. Disc. Pa 1996). “” The powers and jurisdictional limits of the common pleas courts have been further fleshed out by the legislature in the Commonwealth’s Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq. Also, the Supreme Court has played its role as the supervisor of the Unified Judicial System, 42 Pa.”
DeWeese v. Weaver, 880 A.2d 54 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2005). “42 Pa.C.S. §§ 101 — 9812. 2 . Pedro A. Cortés is presently the Secretary of the Commonwealth.”
Commonwealth v. Wadzinski, 401 A.2d 1129 (Pa. 1978). “That rule, promulgated pursuant to the authority in Section 26 of the Schedule to Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania provides an exclusive means of appealing from a summary conviction and directs that “[cjourts of common pleas shall no longer issue writs of certiorari…”
Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania State Troopers' Ass'n, 633 A.2d 1278 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1993). “§§ 161-181 (The Arbitration Act of 1927), repealed by the Act of October 5, 1980, P.L. 693 (Sections 1-19).”
In Re Leopardi, 532 A.2d 311 (Pa. 1987). “142 § 2, 42 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq. 7 . Our decision today should not be construed as a decision on the merits regarding the viability of any future action, in law or in equity, by which the Leopardis may seek enforcement of the local zoning law.”
Doyle v. Lipoff (In Re Penn Packing Co.), 42 B.R. 502 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 1984). “* * * jji !*! * Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Code Explanation, reprinted above 42 Pa.Cons. Stat.Ann. § 101, p. XI, at pp.”
In re Est. of Trowbridge, 920 A.2d 901 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007). “” Likewise, the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 101 — 9909, sets forth no specific statute of limitations with respect to inheritance taxes.”
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