Definition of Court Of Cassation

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Court of cassation
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    The highest court of appeal in France.

  • Court of Cassation
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    (Fr. cour de cassation.) The highest court in France; so termed from possessing the power to quash (casser) the decrees of inferior courts. It is a court of appeal in criminal as well as civll cases.