Court of Cassation of Luxembourg

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The Court of Cassation of Luxembourg is the country’s highest judicial authority for civil and criminal matters, responsible for reviewing the correct application of law by lower courts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Court of Cassation of Luxembourg canonical 2

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of cassation ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
aim guarantee legality of judicial decisions ⓘ
promote legal certainty in Luxembourg law ⓘ
appealFrom Cour d’appel (Court of Appeal of Luxembourg) ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Luxembourg ⓘ
composition professional career judges ⓘ
country Luxembourg ⓘ
decisionType judgments on points of law ⓘ
doesNot re-examine facts of cases ⓘ
establishedUnder Constitution of Luxembourg ⓘ
function ensures uniform interpretation of the law ⓘ
hears appeals on points of law ⓘ
reviews correct application of law by lower courts ⓘ
handles civil law cases on points of law ⓘ
criminal law cases on points of law ⓘ
headedBy First President of the Court of Cassation of Luxembourg ⓘ
jurisdiction Luxembourg ⓘ
languageOfProceedings French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Luxembourgish ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Luxembourg City ⓘ
partOf judicial system of Luxembourg ⓘ
power quash decisions of lower courts ⓘ
refer cases back to lower courts ⓘ
role highest judicial authority for civil matters in Luxembourg ⓘ
highest judicial authority for criminal matters in Luxembourg ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luxembourg City → isSeatOf → Court of Cassation of Luxembourg ⓘ
subject linked to: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Court of Appeal of Luxembourg → lowerThan → Court of Cassation of Luxembourg ⓘ