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2025 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 13. THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE
Subchapter III. Jurisdiction and General Powers
§ 1322. Civil jurisdiction; amount in controversy.
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§ 1322. Civil jurisdiction; amount in controversy.
(a) The Court shall have jurisdiction over all civil actions at law where the matter or thing in controversy, exclusive of interest, does not exceed $75,000.
(b) The Court shall have unlimited jurisdiction over counterclaims, cross-claims and third-party claims as defined and provided by rule of Court, and any judgment rendered on any such counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim which exceeds the sum of $75,000 shall be valid in all respects.
10 Del. C. 1953, § 1314; 59 Del. Laws, c. 133, § 1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 197, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 230, § 1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 422, § 1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 426, § 1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 154, § 1;
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