Supreme Court of Judicature

American  

noun

1. an English court formed in 1873 from several superior courts and consisting of a court of original jurisdiction High Court of Justice and an appellate court Court of Appeal.

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Supreme Court of Judicature British  

noun

1. (in England) a court formed in 1873 by the amalgamation of several superior courts into two divisions, the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal

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Example Sentences

Sir Edward James Pollock, 89, longtime official referee of Britain's Supreme Court of Judicature* after a decline following his wife's death last year at London.

From Time Magazine Archive

Supreme Court of Judicature: the High Court.—The higher tribunals within the judicial system were once numerous and extremely complex.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin

Whether the records of the Supreme Court of Judicature are lodged at the India House I am ignorant, but on those records my answer is certainly to be found.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

In 1783 he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Bengal.

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

Under the Irish Judicature Act of 1877 this jurisdiction is now vested in the Supreme Court of Judicature and is exercised by the probate and matrimonial judge.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe