Supreme Court of Ceylon

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court former court supreme court

The Supreme Court of Ceylon was the highest appellate and constitutional court in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the period of British colonial and early post-independence rule.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Ceylon canonical	4
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka	4
constitutional court of Ceylon	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ former court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appealsFrom	lower courts of Ceylon ⓘ
appliesLaw	British colonial law ⓘ laws of Ceylon ⓘ
authority	judicial authority in Ceylon ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
dissolvedIn	20th century ⓘ
establishedBy	British colonial administration ⓘ
function	Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: constitutional court of Ceylon highest appellate court in Ceylon ⓘ
highestCourtOf	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
historicalLocation	present-day Sri Lanka ⓘ
jurisdiction	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
languageOfCourt	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	British Ceylon ⓘ Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
location	Colombo ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of Ceylon ⓘ
replacedBy	Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
role	final court of appeal in Ceylon ⓘ guardian of the constitution of Ceylon ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
typeOfCourt	appellate court ⓘ constitutional court ⓘ

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Instruction

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Supreme Court of Ceylon
Description of subject: The Supreme Court of Ceylon was the highest appellate and constitutional court in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the period of British colonial and early post-independence rule.

Referenced by (9)

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

Dominion of Ceylon → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ

Supreme Court of Ceylon → successor → Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Supreme Court of Ceylon → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Supreme Court of Ceylon → function → Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: constitutional court of Ceylon

Government of Ceylon → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ

Government of Sri Lanka → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

judiciary of Ceylon → hadCourt → Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ

judiciary of Ceylon → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ

1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka → establishesBody → Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka