high court

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Recent Examples of high court The high court had unanimously indicated in a prior case that potential deportees must be given due process protections. Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 23 June 2025 The high court found that the law had no secular purpose but served a plainly religious purpose. Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025 The case could go to the Supreme Court, giving another test to the conservative-leaning high court of the role of religion in schools. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 20 June 2025 In doing so, the high court has further fleshed out its jurisprudence concerning transgender rights, a relatively novel legal issue for courts. Stephen Humphries, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for high court
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Noun
  • These are just some of the hundreds of civilian opposition actors to face military courts in Uganda, even though the country’s supreme court has ruled it unconstitutional.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
  • The state's supreme court previously ruled that Catholic Charities, operated by the Diocese of Superior in northwest Wisconsin, was not exempt from paying an unemployment tax like the larger Catholic Church is.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Sharma has appealed, arguing the trial court made many errors, and that appeal is pending in the Second Appellate District court.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
  • The detainees had filed urgent requests to the high court, a federal appeals court and two trial courts to block their deportation.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In 2016, an international arbitral tribunal in The Hague dismissed China's sweeping claims in the South China Sea.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
  • Hasina and her Awami League party had earlier criticized the tribunal and its prosecution team for their connection with political parties, especially with the Jamaat-e-Islami party.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025

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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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