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open court

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open court
n
(Law) a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted


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`It was after that, I think, that we came to a little open court within the palace.
ud get me put in irons; and if I was tried along with you, I'd fall upon you with them in the open court, and beat your brains out afore the people.
One of the wildest, and at the same time the best accredited, accounts, stated it to be an original and authentic portrait of the Evil One, taken at a witch meeting near Salem; and that its strong and terrible resemblance had been confirmed by several of the confessing wizards and witches, at their trial, in open court.
 
 
 
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