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inferior court

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inferior court
n
1. (Law) a court of limited jurisdiction
2. (Law) any court other than the Supreme Court of Judicature
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Noun1.inferior courtinferior court - any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court
lower court
court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business


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Do you know that I am called Florian Barbedienne, actual lieutenant to monsieur the provost, and, moreover, commissioner, inquisitor, controller, and examiner, with equal power in provostship, bailiwick, preservation, and inferior court of judicature?
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Applying himself in earlier manhood to the study of the law, and having a natural tendency towards office, he had attained, many years ago, to a judicial situation in some inferior court, which gave him for life the very desirable and imposing title of judge.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
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