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SUPREME

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The most powerful, most important, the highest. That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. … [Read more...]

SUPPLICAVIT

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Eng. law. The name of a writ issuing out of the king's bench or chancery, for taking sureties of the peace; it is commonly directed to the justices of the peace, when they are averse to acting in the affair in their judicial capacity. … [Read more...]

SUPREME COURT

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The highest court in the United States judicial system. It is the final court, the case of last resort and only certain cases are selected to be heard by the court. In some states, the Supreme Court is sometimes used as a state court of general jurisdiction and may be the lowest court (New York) or the name of the highest state court. The Supreme court is the name of a court … [Read more...]

SUPPLICIUM

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civil law. A corporal punishment ordained by law; the punishment of death, so called because it was customary to accompany the guilty man to the place of execution and there offer supplications for him. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Latin: In the civil law. Punishment; corporal punishment for crime. Death was called "ultimum supplicium" the last or extreme … [Read more...]

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

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The court formed by the English judicature act 1873, (as modified by the judicature act 1875, the appellate jurisdiction act, 1876; and the judicature acts of 1877, 1879, and 1881,) in substitution for the various sultrier courts of law, equity, admiralty, probate, and divorce, existing when the act was passed, including the court of appeal in chancery and bankruptcy, and the … [Read more...]

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