Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Court of Errors and Appeals

Hist. Formerly, the court of last resort in New Jersey and New York. - Also termed High Court of Errors and Appeals.

High Court of Errors and Appeals.

See COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS.

Supreme Court of Errors

Hist. The court of last resort in Connecticut. ( The court is now called the Supreme Court.

court of error

1. Hist. Formerly, the Court of Exchequer Chamber and the House of Lords. Appeals from common-law courts lay to the Court of Exchequer Chamber, and then to the House of Lords until 1873, when the Judica- ture Act gave jurisdiction of superior-court appeals to the Court of Appeal. Cf. COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. 2. Generally, a court having jurisdiction to review a lower court's rulings.