court of cassation

English

Etymology

Calque of French cour de cassation, from cour (“court”) + de (“of”) + cassation, from the verb casser (“to break”), indicating the power of such a court to quash the ruling of the court below.

Noun

court of cassation (plural courts of cassation)

(law) In many legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is asked to squash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new court case at the previous level.

Synonyms

court of last resort

Translations

the highest court of appeal

Arabic: الْمَحْكَمَة الْعُلْيَا (al-maḥkama(t) al-ʕulyā), مَحْكَمَة التَّمْيِيزِ f (maḥkama(t) at-tamyīzi), مَحْكَمَة النَّقْضِ f (maḥkama(t) an-naqḍi)
Bulgarian: Върховен касационен съд m (Vǎrhoven kasacionen sǎd)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翻案法院 (fān'àn fǎyuàn)
Dutch: Hof van Cassatie n, verbrekingshof n
French: Cour de cassation f, cour de cassation (fr) f
German: Kassationshof m
Greek: Άρειος Πάγος (el) m (Áreios Págos)
Italian: corte suprema di cassazione f
Japanese: 破毀院 (はきいん, hakiin)
Portuguese: corte de cassação f
Romanian: Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție f
Russian: кассацио́нный суд m (kassaciónnyj sud)
Spanish: corte de casación f
Swedish: kassationsdomstol (sv) c
Turkish: Yargıtay (tr)

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