The apex of the ordinary judiciary, sitting in five chambers for civil, criminal, administrative, social and military matters, and the only court that may try certain office-holders.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Court of cassation
- Jurisdiction
- National — cassation in all branches of ordinary jurisdiction
- Seat
- Madrid
- Composition
- Magistrates sitting in five salas.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Recurso de amparo to the Constitutional Court where a fundamental right is engaged.
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