Supreme Court of Ceylon

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The Supreme Court of Ceylon was the highest appellate and constitutional court in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the period of British colonial and early post-independence rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court
former court
supreme court
appealsFrom lower courts of Ceylon
appliesLaw British colonial law
laws of Ceylon
authority judicial authority in Ceylon
country Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon
dissolvedIn 20th century
establishedBy British colonial administration
function Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
surface form: constitutional court of Ceylon

highest appellate court in Ceylon
highestCourtOf Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon
historicalLocation present-day Sri Lanka
jurisdiction Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon
languageOfCourt English
Sinhala
Tamil
legalSystem common law
locatedIn British Ceylon
Dominion of Ceylon
location Colombo
partOf judiciary of Ceylon
replacedBy Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
role final court of appeal in Ceylon
guardian of the constitution of Ceylon
status defunct
successor Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
typeOfCourt appellate court
constitutional court

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Dominion of Ceylon judicialBody Supreme Court of Ceylon
Supreme Court of Ceylon successor Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Supreme Court of Ceylon replacedBy Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Supreme Court of Ceylon function Supreme Court of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: constitutional court of Ceylon
Government of Ceylon judicialBody Supreme Court of Ceylon
Government of Sri Lanka highestCourt Supreme Court of Ceylon
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
judiciary of Ceylon hadCourt Supreme Court of Ceylon
judiciary of Ceylon highestCourt Supreme Court of Ceylon
1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka establishesBody Supreme Court of Ceylon
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka