Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic

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court of last resort supreme court

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic is the country’s highest judicial authority, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the final court of appeal in the Dominican legal system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic canonical	3
Suprema Corte de Justicia de la República Dominicana	1
Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6785843 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic
Context triple: [Distrito Nacional, contains, Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic]

A. Supreme Court of Haiti
The Supreme Court of Haiti is the country's highest judicial authority, overseeing the interpretation and application of Haitian law and serving as the final court of appeal.
B. Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
The Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador is the country’s highest judicial authority, overseeing the administration of justice and the interpretation of the constitution within El Salvador’s legal system.
C. Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
The Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica is the country’s highest judicial authority, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting the constitution and national laws.
D. Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua
The Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua is the country’s highest judicial authority, responsible for overseeing the national court system and interpreting Nicaraguan law and the constitution.
E. Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala
The Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala is the country’s highest judicial authority, overseeing the administration of justice and the interpretation of Guatemalan law.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic
Target entity description: The Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic is the country’s highest judicial authority, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the final court of appeal in the Dominican legal system.

A. Supreme Court of Haiti
The Supreme Court of Haiti is the country's highest judicial authority, overseeing the interpretation and application of Haitian law and serving as the final court of appeal.
B. Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
The Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador is the country’s highest judicial authority, overseeing the administration of justice and the interpretation of the constitution within El Salvador’s legal system.
C. Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
The Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica is the country’s highest judicial authority, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting the constitution and national laws.
D. Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua
The Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua is the country’s highest judicial authority, responsible for overseeing the national court system and interpreting Nicaraguan law and the constitution.
E. Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala
The Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala is the country’s highest judicial authority, overseeing the administration of justice and the interpretation of Guatemalan law.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appealsFrom	courts of appeal of the Dominican Republic ⓘ lower courts of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
appointingAuthorityOf	judges of lower courts (through judicial council mechanisms) ⓘ
branchOf	Judicial Branch of the Dominican Republic ⓘ linked to: Judiciary of the Dominican Republic
buildingLocation	Palacio de Justicia, Santo Domingo ⓘ
capitalCityJurisdiction	Santo Domingo ⓘ
composition	chambers ⓘ judges ⓘ president of the Supreme Court ⓘ
country	Dominican Republic ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
function	ensures uniform interpretation of Dominican law ⓘ guarantees due process and legal certainty ⓘ hears appeals on points of law ⓘ issues binding precedents in certain matters ⓘ oversees lower courts ⓘ resolves conflicts of jurisdiction between courts ⓘ
governmentBranch	Judiciary ⓘ
handles	constitutional issues raised in ordinary cases ⓘ extraordinary appeals ⓘ
hasChamber	Civil Chamber ⓘ Commercial Chamber ⓘ Criminal Chamber ⓘ Labor Chamber ⓘ Land and Property Chamber ⓘ
interprets	Dominican constitutional provisions in judicial cases ⓘ Dominican statutory law ⓘ
jurisdiction	Dominican Republic ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalAuthority	Constitution of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
locatedIn	National District, Dominican Republic ⓘ Santo Domingo ⓘ
memberOf	judicial system of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
nativeName	Suprema Corte de Justicia de la República Dominicana ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic
oversees	application of civil law in the Dominican Republic ⓘ application of criminal law in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
role	court of final appeal in the Dominican legal system ⓘ highest judicial authority in the Dominican Republic ⓘ oversees administration of justice in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
shortName	Suprema Corte de Justicia ⓘ
supervises	judicial administration in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
typeOfCourt	court of cassation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Distrito Nacional → contains → Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic ⓘ

Constitution of the Dominican Republic → establishes → Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic ⓘ

Government of the Dominican Republic → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic ⓘ

subject linked to: government of the Dominican Republic

Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic → nativeName → Suprema Corte de Justicia de la República Dominicana ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic ⓘ