A '''court of first instance''' is a [[trial court]] of [[Original jurisdiction|original]] or primary jurisdiction.
Specific courts by that name include: * [[Tribunal of first instance (Belgium)]] * [[Tribunal d'instance|Tribunal of first instance (France)]] * [[Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)]] *[[Courts of First Instance of Peru]]
==See also== * [[General Court (European Union)]], known before the 2009 Treaty of Lisbon as the Court of First Instance * [[Regional Trial Court]] of the Philippines, formerly the Court of First Instance {{Disambiguation}}