justice court
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Although any judge in Mississippi can sign a search warrant, municipal and justice court judges commonly handle them.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2022
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 Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the Office of the State Public Defender has seen a 10 percent decrease in municipal and justice court cases, and a 1 percent increase in district court cases.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2018
Counts and his co-defendants received apparently conflicting sentences, leading to a disagreement that depended on the memories of those who attended Counts’ proceeding in justice court.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2016
Here too, if the lord possessed criminal jurisdiction, was held his justice court, and without its doors stood his gallows.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
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