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4 days ago · noun. : a court that is subordinate to and whose decisions are subject to review by the highest court in a judicial system (as of a state or country) specifically : a court having limited and specified jurisdiction rather than general jurisdiction.
In this connection the terms 'superior' and 'inferior' have on different occasions been used in different senses 1. The Supreme Court 2, the Court of Appeal 3, the High Court 4, the Upper Tribunal 5 and the Court Martial Appeal Court 6 are superior courts in all senses of the term. The Crown Court, although a superior court 7, is in certain.
Germania (/ dʒ ər ˈ m eɪ n i. ə / jər-MAY-nee-ə; Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːni.a]), also called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman province of the same name, was a historical region in north-central Europe during the Roman era, which was associated by Roman authors with the Germanic people.
The region of Germania Superior was conquered by the Romans during the campaigns of Julius Caesar and Augustus in the late 1st century BCE and early 1st century CE. It was initially administered as a military district before being organized into a formal province. Germania Superior was governed by a Roman procurator or governor appointed by the ...
Rome’s Germania extended through most of modern day Germany. Upper Germania (again, Germania Superior) included a border along the River Rhine along the town of Rheinbrohl, to the River Main, the Taunus Mountains, to Lorch; whereas Germania Inferior went all the way to the North Sea, stretching to the present day Netherlands.
Other articles where inferior court is discussed: court: Courts of limited jurisdiction: …of a better term, “inferior” courts. These are often staffed by part-time judges who are not necessarily trained in the law. They handle minor civil cases involving small sums of money, such as bill collections, and minor criminal cases carrying light penalties. In addition to finally disposing of ...
This limes was a river border (limes ripa) on the Rhine, defended by a chain of camps, that ran from the North Sea (Katwijk-Brittenburg camp) to Vinxtbach (opposite Rheinbrohl fort on the Upper Germanic Limes), forming the border between the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superior.
