court of cassation

短语

翻案法院

词形变化

courts of cassation 复数 courts of cassation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In several legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is empowered to quash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new trial at the previous level.

    翻案法院

    法律

词源

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.

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