Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

court of cassation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: court of -cas-sa-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In several legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is empowered to quash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new trial at the previous level.

Etymology

Calque of French cour de cassation, from cour (“court”) + de (“of”) + cassation, from the verb casser (“to break”), indicating the power of such a court to quash the ruling of the court below.

Inflected Forms

courts of cassation (plural)

Synonyms

court of last resort

Questions

What does court of cassation mean?: In several legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is empowered to quash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new trial at the previous level.
Where does court of cassation come from?: Calque of French cour de cassation, from cour (“court”) + de (“of”) + cassation, from the verb casser (“to break”), indicating the power of such a court to quash the ruling of the court below.

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