| police court n. An inferior court having the power to prosecute minor criminal offenses and to hold for trial persons charged with more serious offenses. |
police court
n
1. (Law) another name for magistrates' court
2. (Law) (in Scotland, formerly) a burgh court with limited jurisdiction, presided over by lay magistrates or a stipendiary magistrate: replaced in 1975 by the district court
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| Noun | 1. |  police court - a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offensescourt, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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