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# Court Specification

> Kleros V2 Court specification: hierarchy tree structure, minStake, feeForJuror, hidden votes, timesPerPeriod, and other on-chain court parameters.

Courts are organized in a hierarchical tree with the General Court as root. Each court has configurable parameters stored on-chain in KlerosCore.

## Court Parameters

```typescript theme={null}
{
  name: string;               // Documentation-only (set in PolicyRegistry)
  id: number;                 // Unique court identifier
  parent: number;             // Parent court ID (root references itself)
  hiddenVotes: boolean;       // Whether votes use commit-reveal
  minStake: string;          // Minimum PNK to stake (wei)
  feeForJuror: string;       // Juror fee per dispute (wei)
  alpha: string;             // Stake weight (basis points)
  jurorsForCourtJump: string; // Juror threshold for appeal to parent
  timesPerPeriod: number[];   // [evidence, commit, vote, appeal] in seconds
}
```

## Hierarchy Rules

* Court ID 0 is reserved for the future **Forking Court**
* Court ID 1 is the **General Court** (current root)
* Each non-root court must have a valid parent
* Child courts inherit supported dispute kits from parents
* Appeals that exceed `jurorsForCourtJump` escalate to the parent court

## Example

```json theme={null}
{
  "name": "General Court",
  "id": 1,
  "parent": 1,
  "hiddenVotes": true,
  "minStake": "2300000000000000000000",
  "feeForJuror": "5000000000000000",
  "alpha": "10000",
  "jurorsForCourtJump": "511",
  "timesPerPeriod": [280800, 583200, 583200, 388800]
}
```