high courts
Appellate judicial bodies
High courts are superior courts with broad jurisdiction, typically the highest or second-highest level in a judicial system.
In many Commonwealth countries, the High Court is the principal trial court for serious cases or the supreme appellate court: The case was appealed to the High Court.
The term emphasizes authority over lower courts.
- benchShared seating surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
- appellate courtsTribunals reviewing lower rulings
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- supreme courtsHighest appellate judicial bodies
ruling · legal precedents · appeal · final appeal · lawsuit · judge · trial · case law · rule of law · appeals process · barristers · legal briefs · oral arguments · robes · justice · judicial independence · chambers · constitutional
- courtsdistrict courts, federal courts, circuit courts, municipal courts, trial courts
- Indian Constitutionpreamble, fundamental rights, articles, schedules, amendment process
- African lawindigenous law, attorney general, penal code, Islamic courts, statutory law
- Chinese Courtshigher courts, circuit courts, judges, chief justice, juvenile courts
- Indian Courtsdistrict judge, district courts, civil courts, criminal courts, trial courts
- South Asian LawMuslim law, fundamental rights, advocate, advocates, constitutional law
high courtslower courts
Non-appellate judicial bodies
district courts · municipal courts · trial courts · small claims courts · county courts
high courtssmall claims courts
Tribunal for minor civil disputes
mediation · kangaroo courts · village councils · moot courts · people's courts
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