Supreme Court of the Irish Free State

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The Supreme Court of the Irish Free State was the highest appellate court of the Irish Free State from its establishment in 1922 until it was replaced by the modern Supreme Court under the 1937 Constitution.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
court ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Supreme Court of Saorstát Éireann ⓘ
appealsFrom High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State ⓘ
appliesLaw common law of Ireland ⓘ
statute law of the Irish Free State ⓘ
branchOf judicial branch of the Irish Free State ⓘ
canReview decisions of lower courts in the Irish Free State ⓘ
composition Chief Justice of the Irish Free State and other judges ⓘ
constitutionalOrder Irish Free State constitutional order ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ
countryAfter1937 Ireland ⓘ
countryDuringExistence Irish Free State (1922–1937) ⓘ
linked to: Irish Free State
dateDissolvedApprox December 1937 ⓘ
dateEstablishedApprox December 1922 ⓘ
decidesOn constitutionality of laws under the 1922 Constitution ⓘ
dissolutionReason replacement by new courts system under the 1937 Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
dissolvedInYear 1937 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1922 ⓘ
function interpretation of the Constitution of the Irish Free State ⓘ
governingDocument Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ
hasAuthorityFrom Oireachtas of the Irish Free State ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance first supreme court of an independent Irish state ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver High Court of the Irish Free State (as appellate court) ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
hasSeatIn Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of the Irish Free State ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
jurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State 1922 ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Dublin ⓘ
partOf judicial system of the Irish Free State ⓘ
positionInHierarchy highest court of appeal in the Irish Free State ⓘ
precededBy Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland (as highest court under British rule) ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Court established by the Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ
role final court of appeal for the Irish Free State ⓘ
stateForm dominion within the British Commonwealth ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
succeededBy Supreme Court under the Constitution of Ireland 1937 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
typeOfAppealsHeard civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Constitution of the Irish Free State → establishedJudiciary → Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ireland → presidesOver → Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
Supreme Court of the Irish Free State → precededBy → Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland (as highest court under British rule) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
Supreme Court of the Irish Free State → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of Saorstát Éireann ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the Irish Free State
High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State → higherCourt → Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Hugh Kennedy → courtServedOn → Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Courts of Justice Act 1924 → establishedCourt → Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ireland → predecessor → Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ