Supreme Court of the Irish Free State

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The Supreme Court of the Irish Free State was the highest appellate court of the Irish Free State from its establishment in 1922 until it was replaced by the modern Supreme Court under the 1937 Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court
court
supreme court
alsoKnownAs Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
surface form: Supreme Court of Saorstát Éireann
appealsFrom High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State
appliesLaw common law of Ireland
statute law of the Irish Free State
branchOf judicial branch of the Irish Free State
canReview decisions of lower courts in the Irish Free State
composition Chief Justice of the Irish Free State and other judges
constitutionalOrder Irish Free State constitutional order
country Ireland
Irish Free State
countryAfter1937 Ireland
countryDuringExistence Irish Free State
surface form: Irish Free State (1922–1937)
dateDissolvedApprox December 1937
dateEstablishedApprox December 1922
decidesOn constitutionality of laws under the 1922 Constitution
dissolutionReason replacement by new courts system under the 1937 Constitution of Ireland
dissolvedInYear 1937
establishedInYear 1922
function interpretation of the Constitution of the Irish Free State
governingDocument Courts of Justice Act 1924
hasAuthorityFrom Irish Free State Oireachtas
surface form: Oireachtas of the Irish Free State
hasHistoricalSignificance first supreme court of an independent Irish state
hasJurisdictionOver High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State
surface form: High Court of the Irish Free State (as appellate court)
hasLanguage English
Irish
hasSeatIn Four Courts, Dublin
headedBy Chief Justice of the Irish Free State
historicalPeriod interwar period
jurisdiction Irish Free State
legalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State
surface form: Constitution of the Irish Free State 1922
legalSystem common law
location Dublin
partOf judicial system of the Irish Free State
positionInHierarchy highest court of appeal in the Irish Free State
precededBy Supreme Court of the Irish Free State self-linksurface differs
surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland (as highest court under British rule)
region Europe
replacedBy Supreme Court established by the Constitution of Ireland
Supreme Court of Ireland
role final court of appeal for the Irish Free State
stateForm dominion within the British Commonwealth
status defunct
succeededBy Supreme Court of Ireland
surface form: Supreme Court under the Constitution of Ireland 1937
timePeriod 20th century
typeOfAppealsHeard civil appeals
criminal appeals

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Constitution of the Irish Free State establishedJudiciary Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
Chief Justice of Ireland presidesOver Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Ireland
Supreme Court of the Irish Free State precededBy Supreme Court of the Irish Free State self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland (as highest court under British rule)
Supreme Court of the Irish Free State alsoKnownAs Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Saorstát Éireann
High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State subordinateTo Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State higherCourt Supreme Court of the Irish Free State