High Court

noun

1. Supreme Court.
2. a superior court.

High Court

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of High Court¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

Botswana’s legal system allows for the High Court ruling to remain the law of the land until such a point as it’s struck down.

From Washington Blade

As it stands, since the High Court ruling in 2019, Botswana has experienced increased social accommodation for LGBTQ matters and figures—however, this is not to say there have not been any negative instances.

From Washington Blade

However, the government didn’t take too long before it declared its intention to appeal the High Court judgment that asserted that consensual same-sex sexual activity in private was not to be a criminal act.

From Washington Blade

They appealed the judgment in the state’s High Court, but the appeal was rejected.

From Time

High Court judges have been able to make the humane and just decision that the Knesset has struggled to pass for a decade.

From Washington Blade

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• superior court
• trial court