Supreme Court Definition

noun
The highest U.S. federal court, consisting of nine judges: its decisions are final and take precedence over those of all other judicial bodies in the country.
Webster's New World
The highest court in most states.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • state supreme court
  • high-court
  • supreme court of the united states
  • United States Supreme Court
pronoun

The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.

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Noun

Singular:
Supreme Court
Plural:
supreme-courts

Supreme Court Sentence Examples

  • The supreme court consists of seven judges elected by the voters of the state at large.

  • The case came before the Supreme Court of New Hampshire in May 1817.

  • In the latter year he became .one of the judges of the supreme court of Canada.

  • From the decisions of the supreme court of Canada appeal may be made to the judicial committee of the imperial privy council.

  • Their power to initiate rates, conferred upon them by their legislatures, was sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court reserving to itself only the power to decide whether the prescribed rates were reasonable.

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