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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
Synonyms:
Supreme Court; Supreme Court of the United States; United States Supreme Court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Supreme Court of the United States" is a kind of...):
federal court (a court establish by the authority of a federal government)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Holonyms ("Supreme Court of the United States" is a member of...):
judicial branch (the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice)
