Supreme Court of the Netherlands

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ( In isolation, Raad and der are pronounced  and , respectively. or simply Hoge Raad), officially the High Council of the Netherlands, is the final court of appeal in civil, criminal and tax cases in the Netherlands. It was created on 1 October 1838 and is located in The Hague.

The Supreme Court is made up of 36 judges: a president, six vice presidents, twenty-five justices (, literally "Lords of the Council") and four justices extraordinary (). 

All judges are appointed for life, until they retire.

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