Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana

E1003660

court system judicial body

The Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana is the country’s highest court system, overseeing both civil and criminal justice through its High Court and Court of Appeal.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana canonical	3
High Court of Guyana	1
High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
appealTo	Caribbean Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	superior court of record ⓘ
country	Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	administration of justice in Guyana ⓘ constitutional adjudication ⓘ judicial review of administrative action ⓘ
governingLaw	laws of Guyana ⓘ
handles	appeals from lower courts in Guyana ⓘ major civil matters at first instance ⓘ serious criminal matters at first instance ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	magistrates’ courts in Guyana ⓘ
hasDivision	civil division ⓘ criminal division ⓘ
hasPart	Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
headedBy	Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestCourtFor	civil cases in Guyana ⓘ criminal cases in Guyana ⓘ
includesOffice	Chief Justice of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
interprets	Constitution of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legalTradition	Anglo-Caribbean legal tradition ⓘ
location	Georgetown, Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	judiciary of Guyana ⓘ
oversees	civil justice in Guyana ⓘ criminal justice in Guyana ⓘ
previousFinalAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
regionOfOperation	Co-operative Republic of Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCourt	superior court ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Guyana → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Guyana

Demerara-Mahaica region → hasNationalInstitution → Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana ⓘ

subject surface form: Demerara-Mahaica

Court of Appeal of Guyana → hearsAppealsFrom → Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana

Court of Appeal of Guyana → partOf → Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana ⓘ