high court
English
Noun
high court (plural high courts)
- A supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.
- 1840, Samuel Perkins, The World as it is: Containing a View of the Present Condition of Its Principal Nations:
- 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.
- A superior court; a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.
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Translations
supreme court — see supreme court
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