Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 268
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ויש הבדל בין שם "עדה" ובין שם "עדת ישראל" שנופל רק על הסנהדרין גדולה. ושם 'עדה' סתם כולל גם סנהדרין קטנה. (ויקרא ס' רמא, ויקרא ס' רמח)
Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021
There is a difference between עדה (congregation) and עדת ישראל (congregation of Israel): עדת ישראל means only the great Sanhedrin. And the noun עדה alone also includes a lesser Sanhedrin.
The Jewish Supreme Court, called the “great Sanhedrin”, consisted of 71 judges. Each lower court, called a “lesser Sanhedrin”, consisted of 23 judges.