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Noun: supreme court
  1. The highest court in most states of the United States
    - state supreme court, high court
Noun: Supreme Court
  1. The highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
    - Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court

Derived forms: supreme courts, Supreme Courts

Type of: court, federal court, judicature, tribunal

Part of: judicial branch

Encyclopedia: Supreme Court, Singapore Supreme Court

Supreme court