单词 | supreme court of judicature |
释义 | > as lemmasSupreme Court of Judicature Supreme Court of Judicature n. the highest judicial court in various English-speaking regions; spec. (a) the highest judicial court for each of the Presidencies in India during the administration of the East India Company (now historical); (b) (in England and Wales) the highest court below the Supreme Court (formerly below the House of Lords), divided into the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Crown Court; now called the Senior Courts of England and Wales.Cf. (in non-specific use) quot. 1729 at sense A. 1c. ΚΠ 1627 G. Richardson Of State of Europe x. 26 Pau, the Parliament, or supreame Court of iudicature of the country.] 1691 Act for Establishing Courts of Judicature in Colonial Laws N.Y. (1894) I. 229 Itt is hereby enacted and ordained, by the Authority aforesaid that there shall be held and kept a Supreame Court of Judicature, which shall be Duely & Constantly kept att the Citty of New Yorke and not Elsewhere, att the severall & Respective times hereafter mentioned. 1772 Scots Mag. Sept. 459/1 The supreme court of judicature thus constituted, is to possess all civil, criminal, and ecclesiastical jurisdiction. 1810 Morning Post 12 Dec. The late Sir Benjamin Sullivan..had very lately returned from Madras, where for a series of years he had been one of the Judges on the Supreme Court of Judicature. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 66 §3 The several Courts hereinafter mentioned..shall be consolidated together, and shall constitute one Supreme Court of Judicature in England. 1920 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. (new ed.) II. cv. 680 In America, the nine Federal judges of the Supreme Court retain much of the dignity which surrounds the English Supreme Court of Judicature. 1980 Times 29 Apr. 12/1 The Official Solicitor is a senior officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature appointed by the Lord Chancellor. 2004 Mod. Asian Stud. 38 606 The Regulating Act of 1773..established the Supreme Court of Judicature as a legal institution that functioned independently of the commercial operations of the East India Company. < as lemmas |
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