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High Court usually refers to the superior court (or supreme court) of a country or state. In some countries it is the highest court (e.g. Australia) and in others it is lower in the hierarchy of courts (e.g. in England & Wales).

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High Court of Australia
High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the final court of appeal in Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States and territories of Australia, and interprets the Const...
Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Supreme Court of Bangladesh

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of a High Court division and an Appellate division, and was created by Part VI Chapter I of the Constitution of Bangladesh....
(composed of High court division and Appellate division)
Royal High Court of Bhutan
Royal High Court of Bhutan

Bhutan's Royal Court of Justice is the supreme court of Bhutan. Judges of the court are appointed by the monarch. The Royal High Court also has original jurisdiction over the twenty districts of the nation....
Court of High Commission
Court of High Commission

The Court of High Commission was the supreme ecclesiastical court in England. It was instituted by the crown during the Protestant Reformation and finally dissolved by parliament in 1641....
(ecclesiastical court in England)
High Court (Fiji)
High Court (Fiji)

The High Court of Fiji is one of three courts established by Constitution of Fiji: Chapter 9 of the Constitution of Fiji, the others being the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court ....
High Court (Germany)
High Court (Guyana)
High Court (Hong Kong)
High Court (Hong Kong)

The High Court in Hong Kong consists of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong and the Court of First Instance of Hong Kong. It deals with criminal and civil cases which have risen beyond the lower courts....
High Courts of India
High Courts of India

India's law in India is made up of the Supreme Court of India at the apex of the hierarchy for the entire country and twenty-one High Courts at the top of the hierarchy in each State....
, several courts
High Court (Ireland)
High Court (Isle of Man)
Supreme Court of Israel
Supreme Court of Israel

The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem....
(serves as an Appellate court and as the High Court of Justice)
High Courts of Japan
High Court of Lesotho
High Courts of Malaysia
High Courts of Malaysia

The High Court in Malaysia is the third highest court in the hierarchy of Courts of Malaysia, after the Federal Court of Malaysia and the Court of Appeal ....
High Court of Maldives (Not the supreme Court)
High Court of Morocco
High Court (Myanmar)
High Court (Myanmar)

The High Court building, located between Maha Bandula Garden Street and Pansodan Street in Kyauktada Township, downtown Yangon, used to house the highest appeals court in Myanmar....
High Court of New Zealand
High Court of New Zealand

The High Court of New Zealand was established in 1841 and known as the Supreme Court until 1980.The High Court has general jurisdiction and responsibility, under the Judicature Act 1908, for the administration of justice throughout New Zealand....
High Courts of Nigeria
High Courts of Pakistan
High Courts of Pakistan

There are five High Courts of Pakistan, each of four based in the capital city of one of the Subdivisions of Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan has proposed a fifth high court to cover the Islamabad Capital Territory....
, several courts
High Court of Cassation and Justice
High Court of Cassation and Justice

The High Court of Cassation and Justice is Romania's supreme court. It is the equivalent of France's Court of Cassation and serves a similar function to Court of cassation around the world....
(Romania)
High Court of Singapore
High Court of South Africa
High Court of South Africa

The High Court of South Africa is a court of law in South Africa. The court, when constituted in 1994, inherited the jurisdiction of the provincial and local divisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa that was formally abolished following the post apartheid settlement ....
High Courts of Spain, several courts
High Court (Sweden)
High Court of Trinidad & Tobago
High Court (Uganda)
High Court of Justice
High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, part of the Courts of England and Wales ....
(United Kingdom: England and Wales)
High Court of Justiciary
High Court of Justiciary

The High Court of Justiciary is the Supreme Courts of Scotland criminal justice of Scotland.The High Court is both a court of first instance and a court of appeal....
(United Kingdom: Scotland)

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