SJC

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abbreviation court highest appellate court state supreme court

SJC is the abbreviation commonly used for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest appellate court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Aliases (2)

Supreme Judicial Court ×34
John Adams Courthouse ×1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abbreviation → court → highest appellate court → state supreme court →
alsoKnownAs	Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court →
appointmentMethod	gubernatorial appointment with Council consent →
authorityFrom	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
branchOf	Judicial branch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
canIssue	advisory opinions to the Governor and Legislature →
canReview	administrative agency decisions → civil cases → criminal cases →
country	United States →
decides	questions of Massachusetts constitutional law → questions of Massachusetts statutory law →
establishedInYear	1692 →
hasBuilding	John Adams Courthouse →
hasMandatoryRetirementAge	70 →
hasNumberOfJustices	7 →
hasPower	judicial review of state statutes →
hears	appeals from the Massachusetts Appeals Court → direct appellate review in certain cases →
includesRole	Associate Justice → Chief Justice →
interprets	Massachusetts Declaration of Rights →
isOneOf	oldest continuously functioning appellate courts in the Western Hemisphere →
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
level	court of last resort →
location	Boston, Massachusetts → Pemberton Square, Boston, Massachusetts →
oversees	Massachusetts court system administration → regulation of the legal profession in Massachusetts →
publishes	Massachusetts Reports →
shortName	SJC →
standsFor	Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court → Supreme Judicial Court →
state	Massachusetts →
typeOfReview	appellate review →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court →	alsoKnownAs
San Jose International Airport →	IATAcode
Supreme Judicial Court →	shortName