inferior court

British  

noun

1. a court of limited jurisdiction

2. any court other than the Supreme Court of Judicature

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Example Sentences

And Article 3, notably, creates the Supreme Court, but left it up to Congress to develop and create, as the article says, “such inferior courts.”

From Salon

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

Article III reads, “The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.”

From Washington Times

“A case or controversy is necessary to analyze whether the inferior court” overstepped, the Supreme Court wrote in a brief order Friday.

From Washington Post

The House Democrats’ bill raises Constitutional questions, because the document grants life tenure to federal judges, both “of the supreme and inferior courts.”

From Washington Times