单词 | higher court |
释义 | > as lemmashigher court higher court n. Law a court superior in the judicial hierarchy, typically having the power to overrule the decisions of courts which are beneath it; also figurative; cf. superior court n. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Prouocatio, an appele to an hyger court. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Evocation, an euocation..also, a calling before one by authoritie; a transferring, or remouing of causes vnto a higher Court by command of the Judges thereof. 1771 Gentleman's Monthly Apr. 221/2 All contempts are either punishable in the courts contemned or in some higher court. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. viii. 243 The Higher Court..in which..every Human Soul is an apparitor. 1947 Internat. Law Rep. 44 viii. 236 The issue was the remission of the case by a higher court to a lower court and not the dismissal of the case by the magistrate. 2011 D. J. Baker Right not to be Criminalized vii. 245 The higher courts are not likely to judicially review the penalty unless it is patently excessive. < as lemmas |
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