SUPERIORCOURT

Superior court

In common law systems, a superior court is a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases. A superior court is "superior" relative to a court with limited jurisdiction, which is restricted to civil cases involving monetary amounts with a specific limit, or criminal cases involving offenses of a less serious nature. A superior court may hear appeals from lower courts .

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Superior Court

Superior Court is a dramatized court show that aired in syndication from 1986 to 1990, and featuring fictionalized re-enactments of actual court cases.

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superior court

Noun

  1. A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.


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