"Supreme Court" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop|head=Supreme Court}} Supreme Court
  1. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
    (Canada) The Supreme Court of Canada.
    Tags: Canada Synonyms: SCC Derived forms: Supreme Kangaroo Court [derogatory, humorous]
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  2. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
    (US) The highest Federal court of the United States, ("the Supreme Court").
    Tags: US Synonyms: SCOTUS
    Sense id: en-Supreme_Court-en-name-uWB3IU35 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Collectives Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 47 27 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 50 26 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 54 24 2 Disambiguation of Collectives: 16 67 16 1
  3. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
    (US) The state court in many states of the United States, usually but not necessarily the highest court in that state.
    Tags: US
    Sense id: en-Supreme_Court-en-name-JMbupmow Categories (other): American English
  4. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
    Sense id: en-Supreme_Court-en-name-PnY-Zj11

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