supreme court

Noun

 * 1) A court of law which represents the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction.
 * 2) A superior court; a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.
 * 3)  In certain provinces, a superior court of original jurisdiction, which however is inferior to the province's court of appeals.
 * 1)  In certain provinces, a superior court of original jurisdiction, which however is inferior to the province's court of appeals.

Usage notes
Note that a supreme court in the second sense may not be a court within the first sense. For example, in British colonies and some Commonwealth realms, cases heard by colonial or local supreme courts may be appealed to the colonial or local courts of appeal, and finally to if leave is given.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: hooggeregshof
 * Burmese: တရားလွှတ်တော်ချုပ်
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: højesteret
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: riigikohus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: Tribunal Supremo
 * Georgian: უზენაესი სასამართლო
 * German: oberster Gerichtshof
 * Greek: ανώτατο δικαστήριο
 * Hausa: kotun ƙoli
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: mahkamah agung
 * Irish: ardchúirt
 * Italian: corte suprema, tribunale supremo
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಛ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯ
 * Khmer: តុលាកំពូល
 * Macedonian: врховен суд
 * Maori: kōti mana nui
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: høyesterett, høgsterett
 * Nynorsk: høgsterett
 * Polish: sąd najwyższy
 * Portuguese: supremo tribunal, corte suprema
 * Romanian: curtea supremă, tribunal supremă
 * Russian: верхо́вный суд
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вр̀хо̄внӣ су̑д
 * Roman: vr̀hōvnī sȗd
 * Spanish: corte suprema, tribunal supremo
 * Swedish: högsta domstol
 * Tagalog: kataas-taasang hukuman, korte suprema
 * Tamil:
 * Thai: ศาลสูงสุด
 * Ukrainian: верхо́вний суд