Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Puerto Rico, serving as the final arbiter of legal disputes and interpreter of the territory’s constitution and laws.

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Label Occurrences
Supreme Court canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appealsTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
appealTypeToUSSupremeCourt certiorari ⓘ
appointmentBy Governor of Puerto Rico ⓘ
appointmentsRequire advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
branchOf Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
buildingType courthouse ⓘ
canDeclare laws unconstitutional under the Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
canExercise judicial review ⓘ
canReview decisions of lower courts of Puerto Rico ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country Puerto Rico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
governs judicial administration in Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver administrative law in Puerto Rico ⓘ
civil law in Puerto Rico ⓘ
constitutional law in Puerto Rico ⓘ
criminal law in Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges 9 ⓘ
hasPower admit attorneys to the bar of Puerto Rico ⓘ
discipline attorneys in Puerto Rico ⓘ
promulgate rules of court for Puerto Rico ⓘ
regulate the practice of law in Puerto Rico ⓘ
hears appeals on questions of Puerto Rico law ⓘ
constitutional challenges under the Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
includesPosition Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Chief Justice of Puerto Rico ⓘ
interprets Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
statutes of Puerto Rico ⓘ
jurisdiction Puerto Rico ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalAuthorityFrom Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
legalNature territorial supreme court of the United States ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system with common law influences ⓘ
locatedIn Puerto Rico ⓘ
San Juan ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 70 ⓘ
oversees Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ
partOf government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
positionInHierarchy highest court in Puerto Rico ⓘ
role court of last resort in Puerto Rico ⓘ
final arbiter of legal disputes in Puerto Rico ⓘ
interpreter of the Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
interpreter of the laws of Puerto Rico ⓘ
termLength life tenure until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

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