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court of law

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court of law
n. pl. courts of law
A court that hears cases and makes decisions based on statutes or the common law.
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Noun1.court of law - a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
court of justice, lawcourt, court
court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
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To an Englishman, accustomed to the paraphernalia of Westminster Hall, an American Court of Law is as odd a sight as, I suppose, an English Court of Law would be to an American.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
Playmore's authority) that the letter may be made the means, if he so will it, of publicly vindicating his innocence in a Court of Law.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
She refused to return to them and the case was carried to the court of law.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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