Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of the Americas›Era (Birth Decade)›By Century›19th centuryBrowse By19th centuryFacts19th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 119th centuryFilter Results42 entriesRoleAllAssociate Justice (1)Chief Justice (2)Judge (23)Jurist (3)Lawyer (30)Politician (17)Legal SystemAllCommon Law (2)Law of Canada (40)Field of LawAllCivil / Private Law (4)Commercial and Business Law (1)Common Law (1)Comparative Law (1)Constitutional Law (27)Criminal Law (3)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (3)Nationality or JurisdictionAllCanada (40)United Kingdom (1)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1)Court Served OnAllSupreme Court of Canada (42)GenderAllMale (42)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 42Albert Blellock Hudson19th centuryAlbert Clements Killam19th centuryArthur Cyrille Albert Malouin19th centuryCharles Fitzpatrick19th centuryCharles Holland Locke19th centuryChristopher Salmon Patterson19th centuryDavid Mills19th centuryDesire Girouard19th centuryDouglas Charles Abbott19th centuryEdmund Leslie Newcombe19th centuryFrancis Alexander Anglin19th centuryFrank Joseph Hughes19th centuryGeorge Edwin King19th centuryGerald Fauteux19th centuryHenri-Elzear Taschereau19th centuryHenry Hague Davis19th centuryIvan Rand19th centuryJames Maclennan19th centuryJames Wilfred Estey19th centuryJean-Thomas Taschereau19th centuryJohn Douglas Armour19th centuryJohn Henderson Lamont19th centuryJohn Idington19th centuryJohn Robert Cartwright19th centuryJohn Wellington Gwynne19th centuryLawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon19th centuryLouis Henry Davies19th centuryLouis-Philippe Brodeur19th centuryLyman Duff19th centuryOswald Smith Crocket19th centuryPatrick Kerwin19th centuryPierre-Basile Mignault19th centuryRobert Sedgewick19th centuryRobert Taschereau19th centuryRoy Lindsay Kellock19th centurySamuel Henry Strong19th centuryTelesphore Fournier19th centuryThibaudeau Rinfret19th centuryWallace Nesbitt19th centuryWilliam Alexander Henry19th centuryWilliam Buell Richards19th centuryWilliam Johnstone Ritchie19th centurySources1. Supreme court (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaIntroductionQuote, IntroductionIn most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.