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A jurisdiction's final court of appeal, the court whose ruling on a matter cannot itself be appealed further within the domestic system. Belongs here: Supreme Court of Canada, Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court of Israel, Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, United States Supreme Court and High Court of Australia, Australia's highest court despite its name. Does not belong here: a court named "Supreme Court" that is not in fact a jurisdiction's highest court, such as the Supreme Court of the State of New York, a trial court by function, grouped under trial and first-instance courts instead; or a court whose primary function is constitutional review rather than general final appeal, grouped under constitutional courts.

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A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts, and its decisions are not subject to further review. 1
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New Mexico Supreme Court

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Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals

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Oklahoma Supreme Court

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Orissa High Court

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Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands

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Rajasthan High Court

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Rhode Island Supreme Court

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Sikkim High Court

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Sindh High Court

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South Carolina Supreme Court

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South Sudan Supreme Court

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Superior Court of Pennsylvania

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Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden

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Supreme Court of Appeal of Malawi

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Supreme Court of Honduras

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Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica

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Supreme Court of Justice of Panama

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Supreme Court of Kazakhstan

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Supreme Court of Maryland

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Supreme Court of Mauritius

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Supreme Court of Mongolia

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Supreme Court of Nevada

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Supreme Court of Rwanda

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Supreme Court of Sierra Leone

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Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia

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Supreme Court of Uganda

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Supreme Court of Victoria

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Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)

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Svea Court of Appeal

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Telangana High Court

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Tokyo High Court

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Tripura High Court

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United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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1. Supreme court (Wikipedia)
WikipediaSupreme court, lead section, second sentence
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Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are binding on all other courts in a nation and are not subject to further review by any other court.
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