Municipal Fine The term "municipal fine," as used in the above quoted provision, applies to fines imposed in civil, and not criminal, cases

Similarly, the term "municipal fine" has been limited to civil actions, and does not apply to criminal prosecutions in which the defendant is sentenced to pay a fine

Those courts were given appellate jurisdiction in all superior court cases at law seeking recovery or involving property of a minimum value of $300, in cases of forcible, unlawful entry and detainer except those arising in the justice courts, in other defined proceedings, and in non-death-penalty criminal cases

Where such judicial construction had been placed upon a similar provision found in the state constitution of 1849, defining the jurisdiction of the supreme court, it must be presumed that the people, in adopting the language of the provision of the constitution of 1879, did so with knowledge of the construction which had been given to it, and with the intention that it should …

The adoption of constitutional language similar to that in a former constitutional provision is presumed to incorporate authoritative judicial construction of the former language

[CITATION] California Courts and Judges Handbook

[CITATION] California procedure