Disambiguation evidence for SJC via surface form

"Supreme Judicial Court"


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Predicate Object
alsoKnownAs Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
appointmentMethod gubernatorial appointment with Council consent
authorityFrom Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
branchOf Judiciary of Massachusetts
surface form: Judicial branch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
canIssue advisory opinions to the Governor and Legislature
canReview administrative agency decisions
canReview civil cases
canReview criminal cases
country United States of America
surface form: United States
decides questions of Massachusetts constitutional law
decides 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
hears direct appellate review in certain cases
includesRole Associate Justice
includesRole Chief Justice
instanceOf court
instanceOf highest appellate court
instanceOf state supreme court
interprets Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
surface form: Massachusetts Declaration of Rights
isOneOf oldest continuously functioning appellate courts in the Western Hemisphere
jurisdiction Massachusetts
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
level court of last resort
location Boston, Massachusetts
oversees Massachusetts court system administration
oversees regulation of the legal profession in Massachusetts
publishes Massachusetts Reports
shortName SJC self-linksurface differs
state Massachusetts
typeOfReview appellate review