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The meaning of a judicial assembly is first attested in the 12th century, and derives from the earlier usage to designate a sovereign and his entourage, which met to adjudicate disputes in such an enclosed yard.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few institutions in the United Kingdom.

The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases in England and Wales and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts.

The High Court of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kōti Matua o Aotearoa) is the superior court of general jurisdiction of New Zealand.

The Constitutional Court shall consist of nine judges, three of whom shall be elected upon nomination by the President of the Republic, three upon nomination by the Government, and three upon nomination by the General Assembly of Judges.

La Cour suprême comprend quatre chambres qui peuvent, au besoin, être divisées en sections.

Le Conseil constitutionnel comprend sept membres nommés par le Président de la République, dont deux sur une liste de quatre personnalités proposées par le Président de l’Assemblée nationale.

At present, the Cambodian judiciary consists of the Courts of First Instance, Appeal Court and Supreme Court. The Court of First Instance is the lower Court and the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court are the Higher Courts

Theoretically, the Supreme Constitutional Court is an “independent judicial body”, as stipulated in Article 140 of the Syrian Constitution in force ( 2012 Constitution ),

There is for all Belgium a Constitutional Court, the composition, competences and functioning of which are established by the law.

There will be a Constitutional Tribunal composed of ten members, appointed in the following form:

major responsibility is to ensure the adherence to law in the interpretation and application of and compliance with the EAC Treaty.

Le Conseil constitutionnel est la juridiction chargée de la régulation du fonctionnement des pouvoirs publics. Il est juge de la conformité de la loi au bloc de constitutionnalité, du contrôle de l’élection présidentielle et des élections parlementaires.

The jurisdiction of the Supreme Administrative Court pertains mainly to:

The People's Courts of the Lao People's Democratic Republic consist of the People's Supreme Court, Local People's Courts and Military Courts as provided by the laws.

The Constitutional Court is judge of the constitutionality of laws and it guarantees the fundamental rights of the human person and public freedoms.

The Chief Justice of the Republic of Sudan is the head of the judicial authority and president of the National Supreme Court, and shall be responsible for administering the judicial authority before the Supreme Judicial Council.

(3) The Supreme Court shall be a superior court of record and, save as otherwise provided by any law, shall have all the powers of such a court.

(2) The Senior Courts shall consist of the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Justice.

There shall be a Supreme Court of Samoa, which shall be a superior court of record and shall consist of a Chief Justice and such number of other Judges as may be determined by Act.

There shall be a Supreme Court for The Bahamas which shall have such jurisdiction and powers as may be conferred upon it by this Constitution or any other law.

There shall be one Supreme Court of the Union.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be the highest judicial body in the fields of civil, criminal, economic, and administrative proceedings.

In the Republic of Madagascar, justice is rendered, in accordance with the Constitution and the law, in the name of the Malagasy People, by the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal and the jurisdictions that are attached to them as well as to the High Court of Justice.

The Supreme Court of Justice is integrated by nine members.

Justice is administered for free, in the name of the Republic, by the Judicial Power.

The Judicial Power shall be vested in the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation), the Courts of Appeal, Courts of First Instance, Courts of Peace and special courts, whose number, composition, organization, operation and jurisdiction are set by law.

Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices)

Counselor Adel Majed Boursli, President of the Court of Cassation, President of the High Council of the Judiciary of the State of Kuwait, along with his accompanying delegation.

The judicial power is independent of the legislative power and the executive power.

The judicial power is exercised by the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Highest Economic Court, Military Court, Court of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, the courts of oblasts, the city of Dushanbe, cities and rayons, the Economic Court of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, [and] the economic courts of oblasts and the city Dushanbe .

Judicial power shall be exercised by the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal and Tribunals.

The Supreme Court of Justice is the highest court of law, but since it has not yet been created, the Court of Appeals has taken on the temporary duties as the highest court in

following an election by the college of five judges of the Court.

of the First-President of the Court of Cassation in the status of President-Delegate [President-delegue];

Elle est la plus haute instance judiciaire du pays.

Magistrat hors-hiérarchie et haut fonctionnaire Ivoirien, actuellement Président de la Cour de Cassation de Côte d’Ivoire.

at the Seat of the Court in Arusha, Tanzania.

The Council of State is the last instance for reviewing decisions and judgments given by administrative courts and not referred by law to other administrative courts.

The Supreme Court of Justice, the Chambers of Second Instance and the other tribunals established by the secondary laws, integrate the Judicial Organ.

Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (consists of 15 members, including the chief justice)

Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (organized into 8 chambers, each with a presiding judge and 2 associate judges)

Court of Cassation (consists of the first president, chamber presidents, and magistrates; organized into 27 civil and 11 criminal chambers)

Supreme Court (consists of 5 judges)

Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (consists of the court president and several judges)

Court of Cassation (consists of the chairman and 3 judges)

Court of Appeal, High Court (each consists of a chief justice and a number of other judges as prescribed by the Parliament)

Supreme Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 5 judges)

Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, 3 chamber presidents, and 12 judges or councilors and divided into 3 chambers)

Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the President of the Supreme Court and nine judges

High Court (consists of 20 judges and organized into civil, commercial, criminal, labor, administrative, and customary sections)

Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and at least 4 justices)

Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers)

Court of Appeal (consists of president of the court and a minimum of 4 judges)

Court of Appeal (consists of the court president

Court of Appeal (consists of either 1 or 3 judges)

Supreme Court or Vrhovni Sud (consists of the court president, deputy president, and 15 judges)

Supreme Court (consists of 22 judges)

Seychelles Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 4 justices)

High Court of Justice of Suriname (consists of the court president, vice president, and 4 judges)

Supreme Court of Turkmenistan (consists of the court president and 21 associate judges and organized into civil, criminal, and military chambers)

Supreme Court (consists of the court president, 2 deputies, and nearly 50 judges

Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of 7 judges)

La CCJA est l’institution juridictionnelle de l’organisation.

la Cour suprême est la plus haute juridiction de l’Etat en matière judiciaire, administrative et des comptes ».

The State Council is an independent judicial body and one of the pillars of the judiciary in Egypt.

La Cour Suprême du Togo est, aux termes des dispositions de l’article 120 de la Constitution du 14 octobre 1992, la plus haute juridiction de l’Etat en matière judiciaire et administrative. Elle est unique et siège à Lomé.

The Court of Cassation is the supreme court of the judicial order. Establishment of administrative courts The Council of State is the supreme court of the administrative order.

People's Supreme Court (consists of court president, vice president, 41 professional justices, and NA lay judges); organization includes the State Council, criminal, civil, administrative, labor, crimes against the state, and military courts)

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The Supreme Court shall be the final court of appeal for The Gambia and shall have such appellate and other jurisdiction as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or any other law;

The Court of Appeal is Brunei’s final Court of appeal for Criminal cases. In civil cases parties are able to appeal to the Judicial Committee if the Privy Council in the United Kingdom provided that both parties agree beforehand.

Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges);

Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice and at least 7 judges and organized into civil, criminal, and administrative sections)"

A judicial power is instituted[,] exercised by the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal and the other national jurisdictions.

Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de la Justicia d'Andorra (consists of the court president and 8 judges organized into civil, criminal, and administrative chambers)

The Supreme Court is composed of five full members and two supply members.

Article 108 The judicial Power is exercised by the Supreme Court, the Court of Accounts, the Courts and Tribunals

Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal Justica (consists of 5 judges);

Justice is rendered on the territory of the Central African Republic in the name of the Central African People by the Court of Cassation, the Council of State, the Court of Accounts, the Tribunal of Conflicts, [and] the Courts and Tribunals.

The highest court at the Federal Government level shall be the Federal High Court, whilst the highest court at the Federal Member State level shall be the Federal Member State High Court.

Article 159 Justice is administered by the Central Court, the Court of a province (or municipality directly under central authority), the City (or District) or County People’s Courts, and the Special Court.

in third instance by the Supreme Court.

Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and ex officio members including the High Court chief justice and puisne judges);

Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and not less than 3 appeals judges); High Court (consists of the chief justice); appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)

There shall be a Court of Appeal for Kiribati which shall be a superior court of record and shall have such jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine appeals as may be conferred on it by any law in force in Kiribati.

There shall be a Nauru Court of Appeal, with jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine appeals on all decisions or judgments of the Supreme Court.

Court of Appeal (consists of 2 or more judges of the Supreme Court designated by the chief justice); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 6 puisne judges -- 3 local and 3 expatriate)

Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and a number of judges determined by the monarch)

Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII (consists of 12 members)

The Judicial power in the Vatican City State is exercised, in the name of the Supreme Pontiff, for the judging functions by the Court, by the Court of Appeal and by the Court of Cassation