high court

noun

Examples of high court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Walker appointed her again, as a Court of Appeals judge, in 2015 before appointing her to the high court five months later. Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024 Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador asked the high court to allow the ban to go into effect in February, after a federal judge in Idaho temporarily paused the law in December. Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2024 Special counsel Jack Smith had planned to start that case in early March, but the high court's decision to hear the pre-trial immunity pushed back that schedule. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024 Durbin has been looking into ethics issues at the high court for roughly a year following a series of reports that revealed Justice Clarence Thomas took luxury trips with a Republican megadonor, Harlan Crow, and did not disclose them. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024 When the high court overturned its decision on Roe protections in June 2022 when its Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling came out, conservative activists in Arizona petitioned the courts to remove the injunction against the ban. Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024 In a separate decision, however, the high court in Tallahassee allowed an amendment enshrining the right to the procedure to go on the November ballot. Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024 But by the time the high court considered it, the candidate who brought the law suit had grown weary of waiting for a judicial determination and conceded the race. John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2024 On April 2, the state high court will hear oral arguments not on reparations but simply for the right to go to trial to argue for reparations. Omar Jimenez, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of high court was in the 14th century

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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20court. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

high court

noun
1
: a court of last resort in the U.S.
especially : supreme court
2
capitalized : high court of justice

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