superior court
superior court · superior courts
A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard…A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
» We will need to remit the case to a superior court.
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1 sensesA court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
More definitions
- any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court
Examples
2 sentencesWe will need to remit the case to a superior court.
Quebec's blatantly discriminatory and hateful law was upheld by the Quebec Superior Court.
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