| 单词 | court of last resort |
| 释义 | > as lemmascourt of last resort court of last resort n. Law a court from which no (further) appeal may be made. ΚΠ 1625 J. Bennet Psalme of Mercy 15 To appeale from thy seate of Iustice, to thy throne of Mercy, as to thy Court of last resort, which is alwaies open. 1793 A. Hunter Duties Subj. 18 The power of appeal to superior judicatories or to a court of last resort, is an important privilege. 1872 M. M. Bigelow Treat. Law Estoppel ii. 16 It seems hardly necessary to state that a judgment of a court of last resort cannot be collaterally attacked in that or in any other court. 1905 E. B. Kinkead Jurispr., Law & Ethics xiii. 205 The decision of a court of last resort is absolute law for all purposes in lower courts. 2008 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 96/1 The venerable Privy Council..now sits as the court of last resort only to the splinters of an empire undone: British Gibraltar and a lingering handful of island territories in far-off seas. < as lemmas |
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