high court
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.
noun
A superior court; a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.
noun
Example Sentences
- "But if the eyes of people could be opened in regard to the evils and delusions of war, would it not be easy to form a confederacy of nations, and organize a high court of equity, to decide national controversies?"
- "The judicial power is vested in three high courts consisting of four judges each, and having concurrent jurisdiction in all civil matters; and in a great number of inferior municipal courts."
- "Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region."
- "The prince was appearing at the high court to give evidence against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People tabloids."
- "At the High Court in Aberdeen in September, NR pleaded guilty to a series of failings, including failing to tell the driver that it was unsafe to drive the train at the 75mph line speed."
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.