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High Court

noun

High Court

1. (in England and Wales) a shortened form of High Court of Justice
2. (in Scotland) a shortened form of High Court of Justiciary
(in Australia) the highest court of appeal, deciding esp constitutional issues
(in New Zealand) a court of law inferior to the Court of Appeal Formerly calledSupreme Court

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Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

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Now the high court has reversed course, offering a perplexing dilemma and a challenge to the Vatican.

Public opinion aside, the British High Court could still kill Uber.

That same day, the high court did a 180 and green-lighted the executions.

However, this same high court threw out the acquittal in the first place, so Knox may need more than luck to walk free.

When the high court ruled in Brown, the Charleston circuit court, of course, reversed itself.

He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.

All the circumstances of the trial were now adjusted, and the high court of justice fully constituted.

From its judgments, however, appeals lie to the High Court of Appeals.

The Commons ought to partake in the advantage of the judicial rights and privileges of that high court.

He tells me he has an uncle that is a marquis, and three or four cousins that are in the high court of parliament.

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