high court

noun

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The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 May 2025 His administration is targeting a long-standing Supreme Court precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 opinion that saw a unanimous high court rule that presidents lack authority to remove heads of independent agencies unilaterally. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025 Frequently, this is done by packing high courts with loyalist judges and creating special tribunals with little or no due process for certain cases or people. Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025 The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month. Time, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for high court

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high court was in the 14th century

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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20court. Accessed 14 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

high court

noun
1
: a court of last resort in the U.S.
especially : supreme court
2
capitalized : high court of justice

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