open court
a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
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Gentlemen, imagine, if you will, having your most intimate measurement read out in open court?
This Just In: Max Clifford's Penis Is "Certainly Not Enormous" | Tom Sykes | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Canadian legal tradition requires an accuser to face the accused in open court.
But Mansfield Frazier says a trial in open court is the only way we'll know that justice was served.
Alan Dershowitz Is Wrong: Trayvon Martin’s Alleged Killer Must Be Tried | Mansfield Frazier | May 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTScher seemed resigned to the fact that he would have to curse in open court.
The Man Who Confronted Edwards About His Dangerous Infidelity Game | Diane Dimond | May 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if he did, the state should prove it in open court amid a candid discussion about what is secret and why.
Bradley Manning Trial: Questioning Why So Much Is Classified | Denver Nicks | December 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Finally the great open court of the Louvre is reached—here a halt is made and a general romp occurs.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithOpening this, he called in a loud voice across the open court to the cook, "Peter, bring me some salt."
Silver Chimes in Syria | W. S. NelsonHe hath refus'd it in the open court: He shall have merely justice, and his bond.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationIn one district was trial by jury in an open court; in another the old procedure by written pleadings before a judge.
Accordingly the Judges delivered their opinion, and each argued it (though they were all agreed) seriatim and in open court.
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