Corte (disambiguation)

In the Spanish-speaking American republics, the word corte is most commonly used to designate courts of law: organs of the judiciary, not of the legislative branch. Thus, several Latin American countries have supreme courts known as the Suprema Corte or Corte Suprema, and the continent's San José-based Inter-American Human Rights Court is the Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Additionally, the official name of the International Criminal Court is Corte Penal Internacional for all varieties of Spanish.

Related Topics:
Spanish-speaking - American - Republic - Courts of law - Latin America - Supreme court - San José - Inter-American Human Rights Court - International Criminal Court

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In Spain itself, the word for a legal court tends to be tribunal or juzgado. It is not to be confused with the legislative Cortes.

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