- a variation of justice's court.
justice court
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The state Judicial College advised justice court judges on how they could change their procedures after the Daily Journal and ProPublica started contacting clerks across the state.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2022
“Then that’s all I care about. I’m going to rule in favor of the plaintiff,” said Fountain, who has been a justice court judge in Harrison County for more than 25 years.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021
After running at age 70, she was the first woman elected justice court judge in Lee County, a position she held for 16 years.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
According to the Texas Association of Counties, a Justice of the Peace presides over the justice court in cases involving misdemeanors, small civil disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, as well as performing marriage ceremonies.
From Fox News ● May 30, 2019
The municipal court of Edinburgh was of far greater dignity than the ordinary justice court of the United Kingdom and of America.
From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse
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