Court of Cassation of Belgium

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court court of cassation judicial body supreme court

The Court of Cassation of Belgium is the country’s supreme judicial court, responsible for ensuring the uniform interpretation and application of the law by reviewing lower court decisions on points of law.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Cassation of Belgium canonical	13
Belgian supreme court system	1
Cour de cassation / Hof van Cassatie	1
Cour de cassation de Belgique	1
Hof van Cassatie (Belgium)	1
supreme judicial court of Belgium	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ court of cassation ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appointingAuthority	King of the Belgians ⓘ
appointmentProposalBy	High Council of Justice of Belgium ⓘ
bindingNature	its rulings on points of law guide lower courts ⓘ
cannot	review constitutionality of laws ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
decisionEffect	may quash lower court decisions ⓘ may remit case to another court ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Belgium ⓘ surface form: Belgian Constitution
function	does not re‑examine facts of cases ⓘ ensures uniform application of the law ⓘ ensures uniform interpretation of the law ⓘ reviews decisions of lower courts on points of law ⓘ
handles	civil cases on points of law ⓘ commercial cases on points of law ⓘ criminal cases on points of law ⓘ social law cases on points of law ⓘ
hasDivision	First Chamber ⓘ Second Chamber ⓘ Third Chamber ⓘ
hasOfficer	Prosecutor‑General at the Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ
headedBy	First President of the Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ
inspiredBy	court of cassation ⓘ surface form: Court of Cassation of France
jurisdiction	Belgium ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalBasis	Belgian Judicial Code ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ
locatedIn	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
partOf	Belgian courts ⓘ surface form: Judicial Branch of Belgium
predecessor	Council of Flanders ⓘ Sovereign Council of Brabant ⓘ
relationship	separate from Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
reviews	certain decisions of lower courts ⓘ judgments of assize courts ⓘ judgments of courts of appeal ⓘ
role	court of last resort in Belgium ⓘ Court of Cassation of Belgium self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: supreme judicial court of Belgium
seat	Palace of Justice of Brussels ⓘ surface form: Palace of Justice, Brussels
typeOfLawReviewed	civil law ⓘ commercial law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ social security law ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Constitution of Belgium → definesInstitution → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Justice → worksWith → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

subject surface form: Justice (Belgium)

this entity surface form: Cour de cassation de Belgique

Justice → worksWith → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

subject surface form: Justice (Belgium)

this entity surface form: Hof van Cassatie (Belgium)

Court of Cassation of Belgium → role → Court of Cassation of Belgium self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: supreme judicial court of Belgium

Title V – The Federal Government → interpretedBy → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

court of cassation → example → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Belgian federal politics → judicialBranch → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Belgian courts → hasSupremeCourt → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Belgian legal system → hasHighestCourt → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Minister of Justice of Belgium → coordinatesWith → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cour de cassation / Hof van Cassatie

Council of Flanders → replacedBy → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Prosecutor‑General at the Court of Cassation of Belgium → partOf → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Prosecutor‑General at the Court of Cassation of Belgium → seat → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Prosecutor‑General at the Court of Cassation of Belgium → reportsTo → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Sovereign Council of Brabant → replacedBy → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Title III – Powers of the State of the Belgian Constitution → regulates → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

Third Chamber → partOf → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

subject surface form: Third Chamber of the Court of Cassation of Belgium

Third Chamber → isSubdivisionOf → Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ

subject surface form: Third Chamber of the Court of Cassation of Belgium

this entity surface form: Belgian supreme court system