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Definition of Supreme Court of the United States
1. Noun. The highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation.
Generic synonyms: Federal Court
Group relationships: Judicial Branch
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supreme Court Of The United States
Literary usage of Supreme Court of the United States
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William L. Hickey, United States (1847)
"Condensed Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, containing
the whole series of the decisions of the court from its organization to the ..."
2. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"Condensed Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, containing
the whole series of the decisions of the court from its organization to the ..."
3. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"Condensed Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, containing
the whole series of the decisions of the court from its organization to the ..."
4. Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports: U. S. Vols. 1-206. L. Ed by United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court, United States (1908)
"An appeal lies to the Supreme Court of the United States from a decree of a
circuit court of appeals in a controversy between a foreign state and citizens ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"... THE Supreme Court of the United States, AT OCTOBER TERM, 1885. ... Supreme Court
of the United States ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1910)
"... taken, and prosecuted to the Supreme Court of the United States or the United
States circuit court of appeals under the provisions of existing laws. ..."
7. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"... the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby authorized to take one copy for
each of the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, ..."