§ 1905.01 Jurisdiction in ordinance cases and traffic violations
§ 1905.02 Application of county court provisions
§ 1905.03 Rules prescribing educational standards for mayor wishing to exercise OVI jurisdiction -continuing education
§ 1905.031 Rules prescribing educational standards and procedural and operational standards for mayors
§ 1905.032 Transfer of cases
§ 1905.033 Annual registration
§ 1905.04 Clerk, deputy and mayor’s court magistrate must be disinterested
§ 1905.05 Mayor’s court magistrate
§ 1905.08 Duties of police chief or village marshal
§ 1905.17 Boundary line between villages adjoining each other
§ 1905.20 Powers of mayors and magistrates in criminal matters
§ 1905.201 License suspension in OVI cases
§ 1905.202 Alternative methods for collecting court costs; notice of balance due
§ 1905.21 Docket – compensation – office – seal
§ 1905.22 Appeals
§ 1905.23 Notice of appeal
§ 1905.24 Certified transcript of proceedings
§ 1905.25 Appeal is trial de novo
§ 1905.26 Fees of witnesses
§ 1905.28 Contempts – rules
§ 1905.29 Temporary use of municipal corporation prison
§ 1905.30 Offender may be confined until fine paid
§ 1905.31 Jurisdiction over railroad forming part of boundary line
§ 1905.32 Fines and forfeitures recovered
§ 1905.34 Party committed in default of payment
§ 1905.35 Imprisonment
§ 1905.36 Use of county jail prohibited
§ 1905.37 Limit of prohibition
§ 1905.38 Cancellation of uncollectible debts

Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 1905 - Mayor's Court

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • 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.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Population: means that shown by the most recent regular federal census. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59