high court

English

Noun

high court (plural high courts)

1. (common law) A supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.

   Synonym: court of last resort

   • 1833, Noah Worcester, A solemn review of the custom of war‎^[1], page 7:

     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?

   • 1840, Samuel Perkins, The World as it is: Containing a View of the Present Condition of Its Principal Nations‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2004, Gretchen Helmke, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina‎^[3]:

     Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.

   • 2023 June 6, Jim Waterson, Kiran Stacey, “Britain’s government and press at rock bottom, Prince Harry tells court”, in The Guardian‎^[4], →ISSN:

     The prince was appearing at the high court to give evidence against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People tabloids.

   • 2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15:

     At the High Court in Aberdeen in September, NR pleaded guilty to a series of failings, including failing to tell the driver that it was unsafe to drive the train at the 75mph line speed.

2. A superior court; a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.

Translations

supreme court — see supreme court

Further reading

• high court on Wikipedia.Wikipedia