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.
2. (Canada) In certain provinces, a superior court of original jurisdiction, which however is inferior to the province's court of appeals.

Synonyms

• high court
• court of last resort

Translations

court of law representing the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction

• 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)
• Irish: ardchúirt f
• Japanese: 最高裁判所 (さいこうさいばんしょ, saikōsaibansho)

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