1) Fortas, Marshall, etc 2) Tennis venue for monarchs 3) Type of Court 4) Ultimate rulers 5) Where Souter sits 6) Wimbledon arena
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n. 1) the highest court in the United States, which has the ultimate power to decide constitutional questions and other appeals based on the jurisdiction granted by the Constitution, including cases based on federal statutes, between citizens of different states, and when the federal government is a party. The court is made up of nine members appoi...
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[Fiji] The Supreme Court of Fiji is one of three courts established by Chapter 9 of the Constitution, the others being the High Court and the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court is declared to be `the final appellate court of the State` - in other words, there is no judicial authority higher than the Supreme Court. In this respect, the Supre...
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[Hong Kong] The Supreme Court of Hong Kong ({zh|t=香港最高法院}) was the highest court in Hong Kong prior to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People`s Republic of China in 1997 and heard cases of first instance and appeals from the District and Magisrates Courts as well as certain tribunals. The ...
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A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of many legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, instance court, judgment court, apex court, and highest court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typi...
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(from the article `Brazil`) On May 10 President Lula appointed Carmen Lucia Antunes Rocha to the Supreme Court to replace Nelson Jobim. Antunes Rocha, who was sworn in on June ...
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(from the article `Kyrgyzstan`) ...of Imankulov and other security officials and laid ultimate blame for the affair on Akayev and his supporters. Relations between the government ...
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(from the article `Russia`) Russia`s highest judicial body is the Supreme Court, which supervises the activities of all other judicial bodies and serves as the final court of ...
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(from the article `Israeli law`) ...with certain civil matters and offenses punishable with imprisonment up to three years; district courts in the four principal cities, with general ... In France the regular gatherings at the king`s court produced the distinctive institution of the Parlement, essentially an omnicompetent supreme ... ...
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Highest US judicial tribunal, composed since 1869 of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Appointments are made for life by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and...
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The Supreme Court was created under the terms of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, and completes the separation of the UK's legal and judicial systems. Justices of the Supreme Court will no longer be able to sit or vote in the House of Lords. Slightly confusingly, the High Court and Court of Appeal have up to now been referred to as the Supreme C...
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(n) Supreme court is the highest court of the land where such name is used to represent the court which has the ultimate power to determine the issues related to constitutional subjects, intra state disputes, cases in which federal or central government is a party etc are decided. Supreme court judges are appointed by the head of the state
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The Supreme Court was created under the terms of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, and completes the separation of the UK's legal and judicial systems. Justices of the Supreme Court will no longer be able to sit or vote in the House of Lords. Slightly confusingly, the High Court and Court of Appeal were originally parts of the Supreme Court of En...
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America's highest court, which has the final power to decide cases based on federal statutes or the U.S. Constitution, cases in which the U.S. government is a party, or in certain lawsuits between parties in different states. The U.S. Supreme Court has nine justices -- one of whom is the Chief Justice -- who are appointed for life by the president ...
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n] - the highest court in most states of the United States 2. [n] - the highest federal court in the United States
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hears cases appealed from the circuit courts, and which generally raise novel questions of law. For example, the Supreme Court will generally choose to hear cases where a split has occurred among the different circuits, with one circuit deciding a case one way and another circuit deciding a case the other way. Decisions made by the Supreme Cour...
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Supreme Court of the United States noun the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
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high court noun the highest court in most states of the United States
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Highest US judicial tribunal, composed since 1869 of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Appointments are made for life by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and justices can be removed only by impeachment. Supreme Court decisions set precedents that lower courts are expected to follow. The US Supreme Court hears ap...
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the highest court of the U.S. · (in many states) the highest court of the state. · (l.c.) (in some states) a court of general jurisdiction subordinate to an appeals court. Also called
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