"high court" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1833, Noah Worcester, A solemn review of the custom of war, page 7",
          "text": "But if the eyes of people could be opened in regard to the evils and delusions of war, would it not be easy to form a confederacy of nations, and organize a high court of equity, to decide national controversies?",
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          "ref": "1840, Samuel Perkins, The World as it is: Containing a View of the Present Condition of Its Principal Nations",
          "text": "The judicial power is vested in three high courts consisting of four judges each, and having concurrent jurisdiction in all civil matters; and in a great number of inferior municipal courts.",
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          "ref": "2004, Gretchen Helmke, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina",
          "text": "Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.",
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          "ref": "2023 June 6, Jim Waterson, Kiran Stacey, “Britain’s government and press at rock bottom, Prince Harry tells court”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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          "ref": "2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15",
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