state supreme court
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- noun
- /steɪt səˈpriːm kɔrt/
- US
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corte suprema estatal
- The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the police appeal on procedural grounds, and the state supreme court refused to hear the case.
- state supreme court justice
- state supreme court decision
- appeal to the state supreme court
Their father was the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
- Their father was the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
- So this is what we call direct appeal directly from the trial court up through the state Supreme Court.
- Judge M He's the justice of a justice of the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
- Grand Klegal means state Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was in the clan when he got the appointment to the Supreme Court.
Examples
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Here in Iowa, the retention of judges on our state supreme court is decided by the voters.
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California lawyers, however, soon could get more definitive guidance from their state supreme court.
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Earlier this month, the state supreme court sent the case back to him for further review.
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"I decided all bets were off and took it to the state supreme court," she says.
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Also, here in Pennsylvania, the state supreme court sent the issue back to the commonwealth courts.
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Massachusetts, the state Supreme Court of Massachusetts ruled that marriage equality was constitutional.
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After the district court granted the injunction, Muggli and the farmers appealed the decision to the state supreme court.
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The recent ruling by the state supreme court clarified important aspects of state law.
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After months of deliberation, the case was finally heard by the state supreme court.
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The state supreme court will decide whether the new law is constitutional or not.
Synonyms
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The top group of judges in a country or state that hears the most important cases and appeals
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The highest court in a country or state that reviews lower court decisions
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is fully compositional: 'supreme' (highest) modifies 'court' (judicial forum) and 'state' specifies the jurisdiction, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it is the highest court within a state. This straightforward noun phrase composition is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English modifier + noun patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
State supreme court comes from the picture of a court at the top of a ladder of courts: state means the state government, supreme means 'highest', and court is where judges meet. That's why it means the 'highest' court in a state that makes the final decisions on state law.