supreme court

See also: Supreme Court

English

Noun

supreme court (plural supreme courts)

1. A court of law which represents the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction.
   • 1934 October 13, “Is the U.S. Supreme Court Swayed by Politics?”, in The China Weekly Review‎^[1], volume 70, number 7, →OCLC, page 216, column 1:

     Many observers believed that the tribunal will consciously or unconsciously be influenced by the November elections. It is an old saying that the supreme court watches the polls.

2. A superior court; a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.
3. (Canada) In certain provinces, a superior court of original jurisdiction, which however is inferior to the province's court of appeals.

Usage notes

Note that a supreme court in the second sense may not be a court within the first sense. For example, in British colonies and some Commonwealth realms, cases heard by colonial or local supreme courts may be appealed to the colonial or local courts of appeal, and finally to Judicial Committee of the Privy Council if leave is given.

Synonyms

• high court
• court of last resort

Translations

court of law representing the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction

• Afrikaans: hooggeregshof
• Burmese: တရားလွှတ်တော်ချုပ် (ta.ra:hlwattauhkyup)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最高法院 (zh) (zuìgāo fǎyuàn)

• Danish: højesteret c
• Dutch: hooggerechtshof (nl) n
• Estonian: riigikohus
• Finnish: korkein oikeus (fi)
• French: cour suprême (fr) f
• Galician: Tribunal Supremo m
• Georgian: უზენაესი სასამართლო (uzenaesi sasamartlo)
• German: oberster Gerichtshof m
• Greek: ανώτατο δικαστήριο n (anótato dikastírio)
• Hausa: kotun ƙoli
• Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון (he) m (bet ha-mishpát ha-'elyón)
• Hindi: हाईकोर्ट (hi) m (hāīkorṭ), उच्चन्यायालय (hi) m (uccanyāyālay)
• Hungarian: legfelsőbb bíróság (hu)
• Indonesian: mahkamah agung
• Irish: ardchúirt f
• Italian: corte suprema, tribunale supremo
• Japanese: 最高裁判所 (ja) (さいこうさいばんしょ, saikōsaibansho)
• Kannada: ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಛ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯ (sarvōccha nyāyālaya)
• Khmer: តុលាកំពូល (to’laa kɑmpuul)
• Macedonian: врховен суд m (vrhoven sud)
• Maori: kōti mana nui (supreme court)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høyesterett m, høgsterett m

  Nynorsk: høgsterett m

• Polish: sąd najwyższy m inan
• Portuguese: supremo tribunal, corte suprema
• Romanian: curtea supremă, tribunal supremă
• Russian: верхо́вный суд m (verxóvnyj sud)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вр̀хо̄внӣ су̑д m

  Roman: vr̀hōvnī sȗd m

• Spanish: corte suprema f (often capitalized), tribunal supremo m
• Swedish: högsta domstol c
• Tagalog: kataas-taasang hukuman, korte suprema
• Tamil: உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் (ta) (ucca nītimaṉṟam)
• Thai: ศาลสูงสุด (sǎan-sǔung-sùt)
• Ukrainian: верхо́вний суд m (verxóvnyj sud)

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