Supreme Court of Belize

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court superior court of record trial court

The Supreme Court of Belize is the country's highest trial court and a key component of its judicial system, handling major civil and criminal cases and constitutional matters.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Belize canonical	6
High Court of Justice of Belize	1
Supreme Court of British Honduras	1
Supreme Court of Judicature of Belize	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justice of Belize
appealsTo	Court of Appeal of Belize ⓘ
applies	Belizean law ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor-General_of_Belize ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of Belize
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Judicial and Legal Services Section of the Public Services Commission ⓘ Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Belize) ⓘ surface form: Leader of the Opposition of Belize Prime Minister of Belize ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch ⓘ
buildingType	courthouse ⓘ
composition	Chief Justice of Belize ⓘ puisne judges ⓘ
country	Belize ⓘ
decidesOn	constitutionality of laws ⓘ election petitions ⓘ enforcement of fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ prerogative writs ⓘ
establishedBy	Belize_Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Belize
handles	constitutional matters ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	admiralty matters ⓘ civil law matters ⓘ constitutional law matters ⓘ criminal law matters ⓘ family law matters ⓘ judicial review cases ⓘ probate matters ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.belizejudiciary.org ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	highest trial court in Belize ⓘ
jurisdiction	Belize ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalAuthority	Belize_Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Belize common law and equity ⓘ statutes of Belize ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Belize ⓘ Belize District ⓘ
location	Belize City ⓘ
oversees	inferior courts in Belize ⓘ
partOf	Government of Belize ⓘ courts of Belize ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of Belize
predecessor	Supreme Court of Belize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of British Honduras
regionServed	Central America ⓘ
seat	Belize City ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Belize City → hasInstitution → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ

Belmopan → hasGovernmentBuilding → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ

Supreme Court of Belize → predecessor → Supreme Court of Belize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of British Honduras

Supreme Court of Belize → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Justice of Belize

Belize_Constitution → establishesBody → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature of Belize

courts of Belize → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ

courts of Belize → trialCourtOfUnlimitedJurisdiction → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ

courts of Belize → canReviewConstitutionalityOfLaws → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ

courts of Belize → hearsAppealsFrom → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ