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Apeople's court in the lateSoviet Union was acourt of first instance which handled the majority of civil and criminal offenses, as well as certainadministrative law offenses.
The people's court handled cases by a collegium consisted of apeople's judge and twopeople's assessors. The people's assessors had duties similar to jurors, but decided both any objections and the verdict along with the judge, unlike in most jury systems.
In earlySoviet Russia and Soviet Union the term "people's court" was used in reference to any court in the new Soviet legal system which replaced the legal system of theRussian Empire. At these times there were several levels of courts, according to the administrative division of the country: local,okrug, andoblast people's courts.[1]
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