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, but it is not a court of cassation as it can not overturn decisions.

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)
• In Ecuador, the Corte Nacional de Justicia^[1]
• 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)
• Court of Cassation (Lebanon) (composed of nine chambers)^[2]
• In Lithuania, the Supreme Court of Lithuania
• Court of Cassation (Morocco)
• 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^[3]
• Court of Cassation (Tunisia)
• Court of Cassation (Turkey)
• Court of Cassation (Vatican City)

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