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SUPREME See also:COURT OF JUDICATURE , in See also:England, a court of See also:law established by the Judicature See also:Act 1873, by See also:section 3 of which it was provided that the high court of See also:chancery, the courts of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench, See also:common pleas, and See also:exchequer, the high court of See also:admiralty, the court of See also:probate and the See also:divorce court, should be See also:united under this name. By section 4, the Supreme Court was to consist of two divisions, one to be called the " high-court of See also:justice " and the other the " court of See also:appeal." See further under JUDICATURE ACTS, and also the articles under the headings of the different courts enumerated above.
The Supreme Court of the United States is the See also:head of the See also:national judiciary. Its See also:establishment was authorized by See also:article iii. of the Constitution, which states that " the judicial See also:power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the See also:Congress may from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time ordain and establish " (3. i.). Section ii. states that " the judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and See also:equity arising under this Constitution, the See also:laws of the United States, and See also:treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime See also:jurisdiction; to controversies between two or more states, between a See also:state and citizens of another state, between citizens of different states, between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, and the citizens thereof, and See also:foreign states, citizens, or subjects. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have See also:original jurisdiction. In all the. other cases before mentioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make." The Supreme Court of the United States also occupies the unique position of being See also:guardian of the Constitution. It has to decide whether a measure passed by the legislative See also:powers is unconstitutional or not, and it may thus have to See also:veto the deliberate resolutions of both houses of Congress and the See also:president.
See UNITED STATES.
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