Supreme Court, Canadian
Supreme Court, Canadian Highest court of appeal in Canada, established in 1875. Its judgement became final when appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London ended: for criminal cases in 1933, for civil cases in 1949. It sits in Ottawa, and consists of a chief justice and eight associated judges.
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