Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A court of general jurisdiction, often a trial court for a county or municipality and sometimes a state court or an appellate court.
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- noun A court of general competence which typically has unlimited
jurisdiction with regard tocivil andcriminal legal cases in the lowesthierarchy of ajudiciary in acommon law system.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court
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Examples
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PAT LALAMA, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST: Well, first, let me tell you I got off the phone literally three minutes ago with the superior court.
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The district attorney for the Suffolk dis - Additional trict may, if in his opinion the interests of the Common - Ji'jft'sHnc. '*' 'wealth so require, employ additional legal assistants with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court.
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For the southern district, assistant, five thousand three hundred dollars; second assistant, four thousand five hun - dred dollars; third assistant, three thousand nine hundred dollars; deputy district attorney, such compensation as shall be fixed by the district attorney with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court.
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For the southeastern district, assistant, thirty-six hundred Southeastern dollars; second assistant, three thousand dollars; deputy district attorney, such compensation as shall be fixed by the district attorney, with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court.
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For the southern district, assistant, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; second assistant, three thousand six hundred dollars; third assistant, three thousand dollars; deputy district attorney, such compensation as shall be fixed by the district attorney with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court.
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For the sahuies and travelling expenses of the fifteen associate justices of the superior court, ninety thousand dollars.
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For the salary and travelling expenses of the chief justice of the superior court, sixty-five hundred dollars.
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For the salary of the chief justice of the superior court, fifty-three hundred dollars.
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For the salaries and travelling expenses of the fifteen associate justices of the superior court, ninety thousand dollars.
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For the southeastern district, an assistant district attorney and a second assistant district attorney, and, if in the opinion of the district attorney the interests of tlie commonwealth require, with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court, a deputy district attorney.
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