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superjurisdiction

superjurisdiction

9.9
A court or legal authority that can overrule other courts
  • noun
  • /ˌsuːpərˌdʒɜːrɪkˈdɪkʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : superjurisdicción
  • The Supreme Court acts as a superjurisdiction, having the power to overrule decisions made by lower courts.

Examples

  • In this case, the federal court's superjurisdiction allowed it to review the rulings of the state courts.

  • The superjurisdiction granted to the international tribunal means it can address issues spanning multiple countries.

  • Honorius, Theodosius's Western counterpart, restored it to Roman jurisdiction, but Eastern emperors and patriarchs continued to view the area as belonging to Constantinople's superjurisdiction.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Justinian's Novella 123, dated to May of 546, countered this practice by affirming that each patriarchate served as its own court of last appeal for clerics condemned by lower courts within their superjurisdiction.

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

supreme court
vssuperjurisdiction
12 3.2

The highest court in a country or state that reviews lower court decisions

has power over several jurisdictions rather than a single highest court
cassation
vssuperjurisdiction
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A high court in some countries that can overturn lower court decisions

has authority over multiple jurisdictions able to control and overrule them

Surface Forms

superjurisdiction singular
superjurisdictions plural

Morphology

superjurisdiction = jurisdiction (transparent) = super + jurisdiction

A straightforward use of the productive prefix 'super-' meaning 'over/above' attached to 'jurisdiction' to indicate higher authority.

Etymology

Superjurisdiction starts with super- meaning 'above' and ends with jurisdiction, which means 'a court's legal power' or 'control by law'. So, a superjurisdiction is an authority that sits 'above' other courts and can check or overrule them.