High Court
a superior court.
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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.
Botswana attorney general seeks to recriminalize homosexuality | Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile | October 18, 2021 | Washington BladeAs 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.
Botswana attorney general seeks to recriminalize homosexuality | Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile | October 18, 2021 | Washington BladeHowever, 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.
Botswana attorney general seeks to recriminalize homosexuality | Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile | October 18, 2021 | Washington BladeThey appealed the judgment in the state’s High Court, but the appeal was rejected.
India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next | Neha Thirani Bagri/Dalgaon, India | September 6, 2021 | TimeHigh Court judges have been able to make the humane and just decision that the Knesset has struggled to pass for a decade.
Israeli high court rules government must allow surrogacy for same-sex couples | Michael K. Lavers | July 11, 2021 | Washington Blade
Now the High Court has reversed course, offering a perplexing dilemma and a challenge to the Vatican.
Italian Transgender Ruling Gives Green Light to Civil Unions | Barbie Latza Nadeau | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPublic 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.
Italian Judge Explains Why Amanda Knox Did It | Barbie Latza Nadeau | April 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the High Court ruled in Brown, the Charleston circuit court, of course, reversed itself.
South Carolina Republicans Snub Desegregation Judge | Michael Tomasky | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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.
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph | Frances Sheridan
British Dictionary definitions for High Court
(in England and Wales) a shortened form of High Court of Justice
(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 called: Supreme Court
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