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

It was subject to such indignities that the man who had defied the Supreme Court of Judicature reached his seat in the theatre.

From Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days by Bennett, Arnold

There is now one Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of two permanent divisions called the High Court of Justice and the court of appeal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

The eastern gate of the Priests Court, with the buildings on either side, was for the High-Priest, and his deputy the Sagan, and for the Sanhedrim or Supreme Court of Judicature, composed of seventy Elders.

From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir

Sir William Jones was Judge of a Supreme Court of Judicature in Bengal, from 27 April, 1783 to 27 April, 1794, when he died at Calcutta.

From Chess History and Reminiscences by Bird, H. E. (Henry Edward)