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

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

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

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

He received the honor of knighthood in March, 1783, on his appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, at Bengal.—A.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander