42 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 51 - Preliminary Provisions

• Chapter Notes
• Section 5101 - Remedy To Exist For Legal Injury
  Every person for a legal injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation shall have remedy by due course of law, and...
• Section 5101.1 - Venue In Medical Professional Liability Actions
  (a) Declaration of policy.--In accordance with section 514(a) of the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and...
• Section 5102 - Place And Form Of Filing Applications For Relief
  Applications for relief to any court under section 5101 (relating to remedy to exist for legal injury) or under any other provision of law,...
• Section 5103 - Transfer Of Erroneously Filed Matters
  (a) General rule.--If an appeal or other matter is taken to or brought in a court or magisterial district of this Commonwealth which does...
• Section 5104 - Trial By Jury
  (a) General rule.--Except where the right to trial by jury is enlarged by statute, trial by jury shall be as heretofore, and the right...
• Section 5105 - Right To Appellate Review
  (a) General rule.--There is a right of appeal under this subsection from the final order (including an order defined as a final order by...
• Section 5106 - Change Of Venue
  The power to change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the courts, to be exercised in such manner as...
• Section 5107 - Service Of Process
  Process may be served or executed on any day of the week except at any church, synagogue, meetinghouse or any place of worship. (Apr....
• Section 5108 - Imprisonment For Debt
  (a) Constitutional restriction.--The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up...
• Section 5110 - Limited Waiver Of Sovereign Immunity (Repealed)
  § 5110. Limited waiver of sovereign immunity (Repealed). 1980 Repeal. Section 5110 was repealed October 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, effective in 60 days. The...
• Section 5111 - Limitations On Damages (Repealed)
  § 5111. Limitations on damages (Repealed). 1980 Repeal. Section 5111 was repealed October 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, effective in 60 days. The subject matter...

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