supreme judicial court

American  

noun

1. (often initial capital letters) the highest court in some states, as Massachusetts and Maine.

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Example Sentences

Prosecutors in Boston were angry at the judge’s decision and appealed to the state’s supreme judicial court, which found that the order to make Rotonda pay Pierce money was not lawful.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2018

She blamed the state supreme judicial court, which ruled in December 2013 that juveniles could not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2016

As a juvenile, he cannot receive a life sentence without parole following decisions by the US supreme court and the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2015

Last May Haselton won a test case in the state supreme judicial court establishing the legality of NOW accounts.

From Time Magazine Archive

A supreme judicial court, and such other courts as the legislature may establish.

From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.