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Noun: Supreme Court of the United States
  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, United States Supreme Court, SCOTUS [US, informal]

Type of: federal court

Part of: judicial branch

Encyclopedia: Supreme Court of the United States, televised