high court
high court noun: a supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.
Noun
high court (plural high courts)
- A supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.
- 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?1833, Noah Worcester, A solemn review of the custom of war, page 7
- 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.1840, Samuel Perkins, The World as it is: Containing a View of the Present Condition of Its Principal Nations
- Synonyms:
- court of last resort
- A superior court; a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.
- a provincial or state supreme court
high court meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Gujarati
high court in Tamil
- மேல் மன்றம்
high court in Urdu
- provincial or state supreme court
- عدالت عالیہ 'adālat-e-'āliya
high court in Kannada
- ಹಿರಿಯ ಕಟ್ಟಳೆಮನೆ, ಹಿರಿಯ ಮೊರೆಮನೆ, ಹಿರಿಯ ತೀರ್ಪುಮನೆ
high court in Gujarati
- high court
- ધર્મશાળા dharmaśāḷā
Examples of high court in a sentence
- Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.2004, Gretchen Helmke, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina:
- The prince was appearing at the high court to give evidence against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People tabloids.2023 June 6, Jim Waterson, Kiran Stacey, “Britain’s government and press at rock bottom, Prince Harry tells court”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- 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.2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15:
Synonyms of high court
Forms of high court
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Questions about high court
- What does high court mean?
- High court means a supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.
- What is high court in Tamil?
- High court in Tamil is மேல் மன்றம். See High court meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use high court in a sentence?
- Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.
- What part of speech is high court?
- High court is a noun.
- What is the plural of high court?
- The plural of high court is high courts.
Words near high court in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: high court (page history and authors); high court (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); high court (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ધર્મશાળા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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