inferior court
Britishnoun
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a court of limited jurisdiction
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any court other than the Supreme Court of Judicature
Example Sentences
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During Thursday’s hearing, Justice Jim Kitchens pushed back on lawmakers’ assertion that the new court in the Capitol Complex Improvement District is an inferior court with powers equivalent to a municipal court.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Concurring in the result, he noted that, as an inferior court judge, he was not writing on a blank slate and was bound by the Supreme Court precedents, which were difficult to harmonize.
From Forbes ● Sep. 5, 2014
Next day the Appellate Court handed down a unanimous decision favoring Widow Busby, reversing the inferior court decisions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The people may do anything in defence of their lives, their religion and liberties, and consequently resistance is lawful, therefore an inferior court a bene placito judge may——Monstrous absurdity.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan
On these facts, the inferior court instructed the jury that the defendant was a sojourner in Illinois.
From Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. by Howard, Benjamin C.
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