The Supreme Court of Judicature is Guyana's

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. It exercises

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over serious matters in Guyana of which a

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(or, a magistrate's court) does not have the proper authority to operate and/or act on. Both Criminal and Civil appeals are made to the Supreme Court before moving to an appeals court. Thus, in Guyana the court hierarchy is a magistrate's court, the Supreme Court, and then the Appeals Court.The Supreme Court's hierarchy is a

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as the president of the court, assisted by a chief justice, with additional advisory justices if needed.

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