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The following 30 entries include the term court of.
: a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts
court of claims
noun phrase: a court that has jurisdiction over claims (as against a government)
court of common pleas
noun phrase: a former English superior court having civil jurisdiction
court of domestic relations
noun phrase: a court that has jurisdiction and often special advisory powers over family disputes involving the rights and duties of husband, wife, parent, or child especially in matters affecting the support, custody, and welfare of children
court of honor
noun phrase: a tribunal (such as a military court) for investigating questions of personal honor
court of inquiry
noun phrase: a military court that inquires into and reports on some military matter (such as an officer's questionable conduct)
court of law
noun phrase: a court that hears cases and decides them on the basis of statutes or the common law
court of record
noun phrase: a court whose acts and proceedings are kept on permanent record
Court of St. James's
noun phrase: the British royal court
court of sessions
noun phrase: any of various state criminal courts of record
court of cassation
: the highest court of appeal especially in various European countries
court of chivalry
: an English court originally dealing with military discipline but at various times trying cases concerning prisoners of war, high treason and rebellion, peerage claims, offenses against the honor of other persons, and usurpation or unlawful assumption of honors and still retaining jurisdiction in cases involving the right to armorial bearings see court of honor sense 1b, court of the constable and marshal , earl marshal's court
Court of Criminal Appeal
: an appellate court usually exercising final jurisdiction over criminal cases in England and Wales and from which appeal may be taken only to the House of Lords
court of delegates
: a former English high court of appeal composed of commissioners appointed by the Crown and having jurisdiction over ecclesiastical cases now heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
court of dustyfoot
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