high court

noun

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Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention The decisions came in response to four of at least 10 emergency applications the Trump administration has filed at the high court in its first 80 days. Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025 Sauer asked the high court to issue a stay of district court decisions that found the firings unlawful and said the justices could also take up the case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rules. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025 Though the two justices often vote together, their alliance has come into greater focus as the high court’s emergency docket becomes the place where Trump’s agenda lives or dies. Ella Lee, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025 Zoom in: In a 5-4 decision, the high court vacated an order from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg that blocked the use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport immigrants with little or no due process. Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high court

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high court was in the 14th century

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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20court. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

Legal Definition

high court

noun
1
: a court of last resort in the U.S.
especially : supreme court
2
capitalized : high court of justice

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