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noun
A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: court, tribunal, judicature
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