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in opposition?
Delegate Mudd?
DELEGATE MUDD: Mr. Chairman, I rise to speak
in opposition to the amendment.
The committee considered at some length the
names of the courts in the four-tier system. The name
"county" was proposed and considered at length as a
possible name for the fourth tier of courts, namely, the
District Court, but was disapproved by a majority of the
committee.
We respectfully suggest, as I believe our memo-
randum indicates to Delegate Carson, that the title of
Superior Court for the third tier, or Trial Court, is in
very general and popular use throughout the U. S. to desig-
nate the Trial Court in many jurisdictions.
We respectfully suggest, as Delegate Carson has
indicated, that to maintain, or retain the name "Circuit
Court" for the courts at this level would now be a misnomer
and confusing.
Accordingly, that name of "Circuit Court" was
abandoned by the committee and the title Sunerior Court