court of cassation

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A court of cassation is a nation’s highest judicial body for reviewing the correct application of law in lower court decisions, without re-examining the facts of the case.

All labels observed (24)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
court of last resort ⓘ
type of court ⓘ
appliesTo decisions of lower courts ⓘ
bindingEffect its rulings guide lower courts ⓘ
can quash lower court decisions ⓘ
remand cases to lower courts ⓘ
uphold lower court decisions ⓘ
composition professional judges ⓘ
distinguishedFrom constitutional court ⓘ
ordinary appellate court ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
doesNot normally examine new evidence ⓘ
re-examine facts of the case ⓘ
example Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ
Court of Cassation of Egypt ⓘ
Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
linked to: court of cassation

Court of Cassation of Italy ⓘ
Court of Cassation of Lebanon ⓘ
Court of Cassation of Tunisia ⓘ
Court of Cassation of Turkey ⓘ
focusesOn questions of law ⓘ
goal develop jurisprudence ⓘ
maintain consistency of case law ⓘ
protect legality ⓘ
hasRole ensure uniform interpretation of law ⓘ
oversee lower courts ⓘ
review the correct application of law ⓘ
headedBy chief justice or first president ⓘ
influenced judicial structures in many civil law countries ⓘ
jurisdictionType cassation jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOrigin derived from Latin cassare meaning to annul ⓘ
legalRemedyName appeal in cassation ⓘ
legalSystemContext civil law systems ⓘ
mixed legal systems ⓘ
mayBe nation’s highest judicial body ⓘ
mayBeOrganizedBy chambers ⓘ
specialized sections ⓘ
mayHave civil chamber ⓘ
commercial chamber ⓘ
criminal chamber ⓘ
originatesFrom French legal tradition ⓘ
primaryFunction annul or uphold contested judgments on legal grounds ⓘ
proceduralRequirement appeals often require representation by specialized lawyers ⓘ
reviews final judgments of appellate courts ⓘ
final judgments of high courts ⓘ
sometimesAlsoActsAs supreme court in civil and criminal matters ⓘ
usuallyHears appeals on points of law only ⓘ

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Referenced by (69)

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

People’s Supreme Court → typeOfCourt → court of cassation ⓘ
High Court of Justice of France → seeAlso → Court of Cassation (France) ⓘ
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Supreme Court of Argentina → role → court of cassation ⓘ
Supreme Court of Chile → typeOfCourt → court of cassation ⓘ
Minister of Justice of France → worksWith → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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Constitution of the Republic of Turkey → establishes → Court of Cassation ⓘ
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Court of Appeal of Versailles → supervisedBy → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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Court of Appeal of Versailles → decisionsCanBeAppealedTo → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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French public law → enforcedBy → French Court of Cassation (in certain public law matters) ⓘ
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Court of Cassation of Belgium → inspiredBy → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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Alfred Dreyfus → rehabilitatedBy → French Court of Cassation ⓘ
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contentious section → hasProceduralRole → court of cassation for administrative courts ⓘ
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court of cassation → example → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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French law → hasSupremeJudicialAuthority → Court of Cassation ⓘ
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French judiciary → hasTopCourt → Court of Cassation ⓘ
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Hoge Raad der Nederlanden → legalNature → court of cassation ⓘ
Tribunal fédéral → typeOfCourt → court of cassation and appeal ⓘ
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TF → legalNature → court of cassation ⓘ
Corte Suprema → typeOfCourt → court of cassation ⓘ
Ministry of Justice of France → coordinatesWith → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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Place Vendôme → hasPart → Cour de cassation offices ⓘ
subject linked to: Place Vendôme, Paris
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Public Prosecution Service of France → appearsBefore → Cour de cassation (criminal chamber) ⓘ
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Quai de l’Horloge → adjacentTo → Cour de Cassation (France) ⓘ
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French Code of Judicial Organization → regulates → Court of Cassation ⓘ
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Italian general elections → resultsCertifiedBy → Court of Cassation ⓘ
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court of last resort → mayBeCalled → court of cassation ⓘ
court of last resort → hasExample → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR → role → court of cassation ⓘ
French constitutional bloc → recognizedBy → Court of Cassation (France) ⓘ
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Court of Appeal of Paris branch in Melun → subordination → Court of Cassation of France (for further appeals on points of law) ⓘ
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courts of Luxembourg → hasComponent → Cour de cassation ⓘ
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Areopagus → typeOfCourt → court of cassation ⓘ
Third Chamber of the Court of Cassation of Belgium → typeOfCourtFunction → court of cassation ⓘ
subject linked to: Third Chamber
Court of Appeal of Douai → higherCourt → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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Court of Appeal of Douai → appealTo → Court of Cassation of France ⓘ
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Supreme Court of Paraguay → typeOfCourt → court of cassation ⓘ
Labor Chamber of Costa Rica → role → court of cassation in labor matters ⓘ
subject linked to: Labor Chamber
linked to: court of cassation
Supreme Court of Ukraine → hasPart → Cassation Civil Court ⓘ
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Supreme Court of Ukraine → hasPart → Cassation Commercial Court ⓘ
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Palais de Justice, Paris → houses → Court of Cassation ⓘ
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judicial branch of Syria → hasCourtHierarchyLevel → Court of Cassation ⓘ
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Sezioni Unite → authorityOver → civil sections of the Court of Cassation ⓘ
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Curia of Hungary → hasType → court of cassation ⓘ
Paris Court of Appeal → appealsTo → Court of Cassation (France) ⓘ
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Cour d’appel de Riom → supervisedBy → Cour de cassation (France) ⓘ
linked to: court of cassation