Supreme Court

Supreme Court

n. Abbr. SC or Sup.Ct.

1. The highest federal court in the United States, consisting of nine justices and having jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation.

2. supreme court The highest court in most states within the United States. Also called high court.

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Supreme Court

n (in the US)

1. (Law) the highest Federal court, possessing final appellate jurisdiction and exercising supervisory jurisdiction over the lower courts

2. (Law) (in many states) the highest state court

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Supreme Court - the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court federal court - a court establish by the authority of a federal government judicial branch - the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	supreme court - the highest court in most states of the United States high court, state supreme court court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Translations

Supreme Court n (Am) the Supreme Court → la corte suprema