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Noun: SCOTUS  skow-tus
Usage: US, informal
  1. (law) the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
    - Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court

Type of: federal court

Part of: judicial branch

Encyclopedia: SCOTUS