European Court
noun
1(In full European Court of Human Rights) the court, based in Strasbourg, established under the European Convention on Human Rights in 1959 to give judgment in cases concerning human rights.
2(In full European Court of Justice) the highest court of the European Union and its predecessors, based in Luxembourg.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in The Times.
- Atlantic, Battle of the
- Atlantic Charter
- Atlantic City
- Atlantic halibut
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
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- Atlanticist
- Atlantic Ocean
- Atlantic Provinces
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- Atlantic seal
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- Atlas Mountains
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