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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

British  

noun

  1. the highest appellate court for Britain's dependencies and for some dominions of the Commonwealth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Olivia Grange, the country's culture minister, said the petition would ask the King to refer three questions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council over the legality of the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

On Thursday, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London overturned the conviction because of allegations of jury misconduct in the 2014 trial.

From New York Times Mar. 14, 2024

Both are members of Britain's highest court, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having thus reached the top of his profession, he argued for these two world-potent clients before the highest Empire court, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.

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But the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had justified the essayists, and had done its best to uphold Colenso.

From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by George William Erskine Russell

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