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The following 30 entries include the term court of.
court of errors
: a court having jurisdiction to hear appeals on error
Court of Exchequer
court of first instance
: the court first taking jurisdiction of a case compare court of appeal
Court of King's Bench
: a former superior court presided over by the sovereign of England and following his or her person and now forming the King's Bench or Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice entertaining as a superior court of record criminal cases on its crown side and civil cases on its plea side and embracing the jurisdiction of the former Court of Common Pleas and Court of Exchequer
court of love
: a court of ladies supposed to have been held in medieval times to pass on questions of courtesy and courtly love
court of piepoudre
: an English summary court of record incident by the common law to every fair or market to administer justice for commercial injuries at that fair or market
court of requests
: an English court for the recovery of small debts
court of review
: an appellate court
Court of Session
: the supreme civil court of Scotland
Court of the Constable and Marshal
: the English court of chivalry at the period when both the lord high constable and the earl marshal presided in it compare earl marshal's court
Court of the Lord Lyon
: lyon court
Court of Wards
: an English court of record under the feudal system having jurisdiction over matters dealing with estates held of the Crown including their transfer from a deceased tenant to his heir and the payment of taxes and rents due the Crown from such estates
High Court of Justiciary
: the supreme court having jurisdiction over criminal cases in Scotland compare court of session
United States court of appeals
: a court in each of the 11 federal judicial districts of the U.S. that functions as a court of record, exercises appellate jurisdiction, is presided over by three or sometimes two judges, and may be overruled only by the Supreme Court of the U.S.
the court of public/world opinion
noun phrase: the beliefs and judgment of most people
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