Areopagus (modern Greek supreme court)

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Areopagus is Greece’s Supreme Civil and Criminal Court, serving as the country’s highest judicial authority for most civil and criminal cases.

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Label	Occurrences
Areopagus (modern Greek supreme court) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judiciary of Greece ⓘ
competence	ensuring uniform interpretation of Greek law ⓘ reviewing legality of lower court decisions ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
decidesOn	appeals in civil cases ⓘ appeals in criminal cases ⓘ questions of law ⓘ
distinctFrom	Council of State of Greece ⓘ Court of Audit of Greece ⓘ
doesNotDecideOn	questions of fact in most cases ⓘ
handles	most supreme-level civil cases in Greece ⓘ most supreme-level criminal cases in Greece ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor	Areopagus ⓘ surface form: ancient Areopagus council of Athens
hasPosition	Areopagus ⓘ surface form: Judge of the Areopagus Athenian magistrates ⓘ surface form: President of the Areopagus Vice President of the Areios Pagos ⓘ surface form: Vice President of the Areopagus
higherThan	Court of Appeal of Greece ⓘ surface form: Courts of Appeal of Greece Court of First Instance of Syros ⓘ surface form: First Instance Courts of Greece
jurisdiction	civil law cases ⓘ criminal law cases ⓘ
languageOfCourt	Greek ⓘ
legalSystem	Greek legal system ⓘ
locatedIn	Athens ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Greece ⓘ
namedAfter	Areopagus ⓘ surface form: Areopagus hill in Athens
officialName	Areios Pagos ⓘ Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece ⓘ Άρειος Πάγος ⓘ
partOf	court system of Greece ⓘ
role	highest judicial authority in Greece for most civil cases ⓘ highest judicial authority in Greece for most criminal cases ⓘ
typeOfCourt	court of cassation ⓘ

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Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece → alsoKnownAs → Areopagus (modern Greek supreme court) ⓘ