court of last resort
C270
concept
The court of last resort is the highest judicial authority in a legal system whose decisions are final and cannot be appealed to any higher court.
All labels observed (25)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| court of last resort canonical | 185 |
| state supreme court | 73 |
| high court | 38 |
| supreme administrative court | 19 |
| court of cassation | 12 |
| court of final appeal | 7 |
| territorial supreme court | 4 |
| court of last resort in administrative matters | 2 |
| state supreme court for criminal cases | 2 |
| supreme criminal court | 2 |
| Oklahoma Supreme Court | 1 |
| court of last resort on constitutional matters | 1 |
| final court of appeal | 1 |
| highest administrative court of Italy | 1 |
| highest administrative court of Turkey | 1 |
| highest appellate court | 1 |
| highest court of appeal | 1 |
| highest court of non-constitutional matters | 1 |
| highest electoral court | 1 |
| highest labor court | 1 |
| highest military court | 1 |
| state supreme court (in function) | 1 |
| supreme civil court | 1 |
| supreme judicial authority | 1 |
| ανώτατο διοικητικό δικαστήριο | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: court of last resort
Generated description
The court of last resort is the highest judicial authority in a legal system whose decisions are final and cannot be appealed to any higher court.
Instances (305)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Areios Pagos | court of cassation |
|
Areopagus (modern Greek supreme court)
surface form:
Areopagus
|
— |
|
Manipur
surface form:
Manipur High Court
|
high court |
|
Government of Connecticut
surface form:
Connecticut Supreme Court
|
state supreme court |
| Council of Flanders | high court |
| Sovereign Council of Brabant | high court |
|
Indiana court system
surface form:
Indiana Supreme Court
|
state supreme court |
| Colorado Supreme Court | state supreme court |
| Washington Supreme Court | state supreme court |
| Supreme Court of Justice of Buenos Aires Province | — |
|
government of South Dakota
surface form:
Supreme Court of South Dakota
|
— |
|
The Supreme Court
surface form:
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
|
— |
|
Idaho state court system
surface form:
Idaho Supreme Court
|
state supreme court |
| Supreme Court of Poland | — |
| Supreme Court of the Soviet Union | — |
| Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors | — |
| Supreme Court of Paraguay | — |
| Arizona Supreme Court | state supreme court |
| Te Kōti Mana Nui | — |
|
SCNZ
surface form:
Supreme Court of New Zealand
|
final court of appeal |
| Kansas Supreme Court | state supreme court |
| STJ | — |
| Supreme Court of Ukraine | — |
| Liechtenstein Supreme Court | — |
| Illinois Supreme Court | state supreme court |
|
CCJ
surface form:
Caribbean Court of Justice
|
— |
| Supreme Court of South Sudan | — |
| BGH | — |
| Reichsgericht | — |
| Supreme Court of Indonesia | — |
| Court of Impeachment of Norway | high court |
| Real Audiencia of Santiago | high court |
|
South Carolina state government
surface form:
South Carolina Supreme Court
|
state supreme court |
|
Conseil d’État
surface form:
Conseil d’État (Belgium)
|
supreme administrative court |
| Audiencia of Guatemala | high court |
| Florida Supreme Court | state supreme court |
|
Judicial branch of Brazil
surface form:
Superior Court of Justice
|
highest court of non-constitutional matters |
| Hawaii State Supreme Court | state supreme court |
|
West Virginia state court system
surface form:
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
|
state supreme court |
|
Judiciary of West Virginia
surface form:
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
|
— |
|
SJC
surface form:
Supreme Judicial Court
|
state supreme court |
| Supreme Court of Oklahoma Territory | territorial supreme court |
| Supreme Federal Court | — |
| Court of Cassation of Turkey | court of cassation |
| Court of Cassation of Lebanon | court of cassation |
| Court of Cassation of Tunisia | court of cassation |
| Real Audiencia de Guadalajara | high court |
| Reichshofrat | high court |
| Federal Court of Justice | — |
| Oklahoma Supreme Court | state supreme court |