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high court

noun

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  1. A supreme court

    A supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.

    • But if the eyes of people could be opened in regard to the evils and delusions of war, would it not be easy to form a confederacy of nations, and organize a high court of equity, to decide national controversies?
    • The judicial power is vested in three high courts consisting of four judges each, and having concurrent jurisdiction in all civil matters; and in a great number of inferior municipal courts.
    • Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.

  2. A superior court

    A superior court; a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.

  3. a provincial or state supreme court

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