Supreme Court of Belize

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The Supreme Court of Belize is the country's highest trial court and a key component of its judicial system, handling major civil and criminal cases and constitutional matters.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs High Court of Justice of Belize ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Belize ⓘ
applies Belizean law ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of Belize ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf Judicial and Legal Services Section of the Public Services Commission ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition of Belize ⓘ
Prime Minister of Belize ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch ⓘ
buildingType courthouse ⓘ
composition Chief Justice of Belize ⓘ
puisne judges ⓘ
country Belize ⓘ
decidesOn constitutionality of laws ⓘ
election petitions ⓘ
enforcement of fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
prerogative writs ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Belize ⓘ
linked to: Belize_Constitution
handles constitutional matters ⓘ
major civil cases ⓘ
major criminal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver admiralty matters ⓘ
civil law matters ⓘ
constitutional law matters ⓘ
criminal law matters ⓘ
family law matters ⓘ
judicial review cases ⓘ
probate matters ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.belizejudiciary.org ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest trial court in Belize ⓘ
jurisdiction Belize ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalAuthority Constitution of Belize ⓘ
linked to: Belize_Constitution

common law and equity ⓘ
statutes of Belize ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Belize ⓘ
Belize District ⓘ
location Belize City ⓘ
oversees inferior courts in Belize ⓘ
partOf Government of Belize ⓘ
Judiciary of Belize ⓘ
linked to: courts of Belize
predecessor Supreme Court of British Honduras ⓘ
regionServed Central America ⓘ
seat Belize City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belize City → hasInstitution → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
Belmopan → hasGovernmentBuilding → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
Supreme Court of Belize → predecessor → Supreme Court of British Honduras ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Belize
Supreme Court of Belize → alsoKnownAs → High Court of Justice of Belize ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Belize
Belize_Constitution → establishesBody → Supreme Court of Judicature of Belize ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Belize
courts of Belize → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
courts of Belize → trialCourtOfUnlimitedJurisdiction → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
courts of Belize → canReviewConstitutionalityOfLaws → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
courts of Belize → hearsAppealsFrom → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Belize → hearsAppealsFrom → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Belize → bindingOn → Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ