Supreme Court

A court of high powers and extensive jurisdiction, existing in most of the states. In some it is the official style of the chief appellate court or court of last resort. In others (as New Jersey and New York) the supreme court is a court of general original jurisdiction, possessing also (in New York) some appellate jurisdiction, but not the court of last resort. '

— Supreme court of errors. In American law. An appellate tribunal, and the court of last resort, in the state of Connecticut.

— Supreme court of the United States. The court of last resort in the federal judicial system. It is vested by the constitution with original jurisdiction in ali cases affecting ambassadors, public ministers, and consuls, and those in which a state is a party, and appellate jurisdiction over all other cases within the judicial power of the United States, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as congress may make. Its appellate powers extend to the subordinate federal courts, and also (in certain cases) to the supreme courts of the several states. The court is composed of a chief justice and eight associate justices.

— Supreme judicial court. In American law. An appellate tribunal, and the court of last resort, in the states of Mnine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.