Court of cassation
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A court of cassation is a high instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of cassation do not re-examine the facts of a case, they are only competent for verifying the interpretation of the law. For this, they are appellate courts of the highest instance. In this way they differ from systems which have a supreme court which can rule on both the facts and the law of a case. The European Court of Justice serves also as a court answering questions of European Union law and thus can also be regarded a court of cassation.
Countries
Cassation courts are listed below
- Court of Cassation (Armenia)
- Court of Cassation (Belgium)
- Supreme Court of Cassation of Bulgaria
- Court of Cassation (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Court of Cassation (Egypt)
- In Estonia, the Supreme Court of Estonia.
- Court of Cassation (France)
- Court of Cassation (Greece)
- Court of Cassation (Haiti)
- In Iraq, the Court of Cassation of Iraq (see Constitution of Iraq#Judicial branch)
- Court of Cassation (Italy)
- Court of Cassation (Jordan)
- Supreme Court of the Netherlands
- Court of Cassation (Qatar)
- In Romania, the High Court of Cassation and Justice
- Court of Cassation (Senegal)
- Supreme Court of Cassation of Serbia
- Court of Cassation (Sudan), in Khartoum[1]
- Court of Cassation (Tunisia)
- Court of Cassation (Turkey)
- Court of Cassation (Vatican City)
- In Lebanon, there are four courts of cassation (three courts for civil and commercial cases and one court for criminal cases)