Finnish

Noun

korkein oikeus

1. The highest legal authority in Finland administering justice in civil, commercial and criminal matters as the final instance, officially translated into English as the Supreme Court .
2. Any supreme court, or a court of law with other name, which represents the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction.

Declension

Usage notes

• The term "korkein oikeus", is always decapitalized in Finnish.

See also

• hallinto-oikeus
• hovioikeus
• korkein hallinto-oikeus
• käräjäoikeus