supreme court

The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in a legal system, responsible for interpreting the constitution, resolving significant legal disputes, and setting binding precedents for lower courts.

Aliases (9)

• judicial body ×107
• court ×51
• appellate court ×36
• constitutional court ×22
• apex court ×4
• highest court ×2
• judicial review case ×2
• judicial branch of government ×1
• proposed supreme court ×1

Instances (278)

• Supreme Court and lower courts ("judicial branch of government")
• SCJ
• Nagoya High Court ("appellate court")
• Court of Session (in peerage matters) ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of Peru
• Hiroshima High Court ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo
• Fukuoka High Court ("appellate court")
• Sendai High Court ("appellate court")
• Supreme People's Court of China
• Sapporo High Court ("appellate court")
• Takamatsu High Court ("appellate court")
• Constitutional Court of Peru ("constitutional court")
• Court of First Instance of Vatican City State ("court")
• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ("judicial body")
• United States territorial courts ("court")
• Supreme Court of Vatican City State ("court")
• Supreme Court of California ("judicial body")
• Saikō-Saibansho
• Taishin-in ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of Japan
• Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg ("court")
• Superior Court of Guam ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of Norway
• Louisiana Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• People’s Supreme Court
• Constitutional Court of Chile ("constitutional court")
• Grand Bench ("judicial body")
• High Court of Justiciary ("appellate court")
• Constitutional Court of South Africa ("constitutional court")
• Italian Constitutional Court ("constitutional court")
• Supreme Court of India ("apex court")
• Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy
• Supreme Court of Singapore ("court")
• Supreme Court of South Korea
• Constitutional Court of Korea ("constitutional court")
• Supreme Court of Maryland ("judicial body")
• High Court of Justice of France ("court")
• military collegium ("judicial body")
• Barbados Judicial Committee (historical) ("judicial body")
• Constitutional Council of France ("constitutional court")
• Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ("court")
• Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory ("court")
• Tennessee Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• High Court of Australia
• Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Supreme Court of the Netherlands
• Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Supreme Court of Guam ("court")
• Supreme Court of Argentina
• Royal Council of Castile ("judicial body")
• Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ("constitutional court")
• Federal Constitutional Court to review laws for constitutionality ("constitutional court")
• Supreme Court of Ceylon ("court")
• Supreme Court of Chile
• Supreme Court of Sudan ("court")
• Washington Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• Court of Appeal of England and Wales ("court")
• Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland ("court")
• High Court of Justice of England and Wales ("court")
• The Supreme Court
• Star Chamber ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of Poland
• High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland ("court")
• Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
• Supreme Court of Jamaica ("court")
• Te Kōti Mana Nui
• SCNZ ("court")
• Court of Appeal of New Zealand ("appellate court")
• Federal Court of Appeal ("appellate court")
• Illinois Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• Criminal Division ("judicial body")
• Domestic Relations Division ("judicial body")
• Law Division, Municipal Department ("judicial body")
• Intellectual Property High Court ("appellate court")
• First Chamber ("judicial body")
• Plenary of the Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• SCJN
• Florida Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• Second Chamber ("judicial body")
• Superior Court of Judicature ("highest court")
• SJC ("court")
• Civil Chamber ("judicial body")
• Criminal Chamber ("judicial body")
• Special Chambers ("judicial body")
• Constitutional Court of Colombia (which handles constitutional review) ("constitutional court")
• Council of State of Colombia (which is the highest administrative court) ("judicial body")
• Labor Chamber ("judicial body")
• Rajasthan High Court ("constitutional court")
• Sandiganbayan ("appellate court")
• Reichskammergericht
• Roger B. Taney Court ("judicial body")
• Oklahoma Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ("court")
• SCC
• Court of Final Appeal ("court")
• Confederate States Supreme Court (planned, never fully operational) ("proposed supreme court")
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ("court")
• General Court ("judicial body")
• Civil Service Tribunal ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Marbury v. Madison ("judicial review case")
• Corte Suprema de Justicia de la República
• Criminal Chambers ("judicial body")
• Constitutional and Social Law Chambers ("judicial body")
• College of Justice ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ("court")
• Supreme Court of Tasmania ("court")
• Kumamoto Branch of Fukuoka High Court ("appellate court")
• Nagasaki Branch of Fukuoka High Court ("court")
• Oita Branch of Fukuoka High Court ("appellate court")
• Kagoshima Branch of Fukuoka High Court ("court")
• Naha Branch of Fukuoka High Court ("court")
• New York Court of Appeals ("appellate court")
• Constitutional Court of Hungary ("constitutional court")
• Supreme Court of Mauritania
• CAAF ("court")
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ("appellate court")
• Philadelphia Municipal Court ("court")
• Court of Appeal for Bermuda ("appellate court")
• Supreme Court of Canada
• Gujarat High Court ("constitutional court")
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("court")
• Great Council of Mechelen
• Judicial Yuan ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir ("court")
• Supreme Court of Sweden
• Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden
• Supreme Court of New Zealand ("court")
• R (Jackson) v Attorney General ("judicial review case")
• Court of Audit of Greece ("constitutional court")
• Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State ("court")
• SPC
• Constitutional Court ("constitutional court")
• Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ("court")
• Intermediate People's Courts ("court")
• Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece
• Court of Appeals of the Philippines ("court")
• Judicial Committee ("judicial body")
• Intellectual Property Court ("judicial body")
• financial courts ("judicial body")
• Benelux Court of Justice ("judicial body")
• Indiana Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines ("appellate court")
• Daisan Shōhōtei ("judicial body")
• Constitutional Court of Belgium ("constitutional court")
• Court of Appeal of Vatican City State ("court")
• Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
• Tokyo High Court ("appellate court")
• Court of Cassation of Belgium
• Supreme Court of New Hampshire ("appellate court")
• Supreme Court of Nigeria
• Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala
• Michigan Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ("judicial body")
• Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
• Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
• Supreme Court of Colombia ("court")
• Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland ("appellate court")
• superior courts of the Isle of Man ("judicial body")
• Idaho Supreme Court ("judicial body")
• Law Court ("appellate court")
• Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua
• Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ("court")
• Osaka High Court ("appellate court")
• Supreme Court of Monaco ("court")
• Vincent C. Black Court ("judicial body")