Supreme Court of Vatican City State

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court judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Vatican City State is the highest judicial authority of the Vatican, overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the final court of appeal within the city-state’s legal system.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Corte Suprema dello Stato della Città del Vaticano	1
Corte di Cassazione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano	1
Supreme Court of Vatican City (Corte di Cassazione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano)	1
Supreme Court of the Vatican City State	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
above	Court of Appeal of Vatican City State ⓘ Court of First Instance of Vatican City State ⓘ surface form: Tribunal of Vatican City State
appliesLaw	Vatican civil law ⓘ surface form: Vatican City law canon law (where applicable in Vatican City) ⓘ
associatedWith	Vatican civil law ⓘ surface form: Vatican City State Constitution
country	Vatican City ⓘ
countryServed	Vatican City ⓘ surface form: Vatican City State
distinctFrom	Apostolic Signatura ⓘ Holy See ⓘ Roman Rota ⓘ
establishedBy	laws of Vatican City State ⓘ
function	adjudicates major civil cases in Vatican City ⓘ adjudicates major criminal cases in Vatican City ⓘ ensures uniform interpretation of Vatican City law ⓘ guarantees due process in Vatican City courts ⓘ hears appeals from lower Vatican City courts ⓘ
governs	interpretation of Vatican City State laws ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Supreme Court of Vatican City State ⓘ surface form: Corte Suprema dello Stato della Città del Vaticano Supreme Court of Vatican City State ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the Vatican City State
hasAuthorityOver	judicial decisions of lower Vatican City courts ⓘ
hasLevel	third instance in Vatican City judicial system ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Supreme Court of Vatican City State self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corte di Cassazione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano
hasOfficialNameLanguage	Italian ⓘ
headOfStateInvolved	Pope ⓘ
jurisdiction	Vatican City ⓘ
language	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalNature	secular court of the Vatican City State ⓘ
legalSystem	Vatican City legal system ⓘ
legalTradition	civil law tradition ⓘ
location	Vatican City ⓘ
oversees	administration of justice in Vatican City ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of Vatican City ⓘ
role	court of last resort in Vatican City ⓘ final court of appeal in Vatican City legal system ⓘ highest judicial authority of Vatican City ⓘ
seat	Vatican City ⓘ
subordinateTo	Pope ⓘ
typeOfCases	appeals in civil matters ⓘ appeals in criminal matters ⓘ constitutional or fundamental legal questions in Vatican City ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Supreme Court of Vatican City State → hasAlternativeName → Supreme Court of Vatican City State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the Vatican City State

Supreme Court of Vatican City State → hasAlternativeName → Supreme Court of Vatican City State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corte Suprema dello Stato della Città del Vaticano

Supreme Court of Vatican City State → hasOfficialName → Supreme Court of Vatican City State self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corte di Cassazione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano

Vatican civil law → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Vatican City State ⓘ

Court of First Instance of Vatican City State → supremeCourt → Supreme Court of Vatican City State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Vatican City (Corte di Cassazione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano)