justice's court

American  

Or justice court

noun

Law.

1. an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.

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Etymology

Origin of justice's court

First recorded in 1520–30

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justice's court

The justice's court was about a mile from the road, in a carpenter shop, the proprietor of which was the justice.

From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene)

Why is the jurisdiction of a justice's court limited?

From Elements of Civil Government by Peterman, Alexander L.

Pondering these facts in his ardent mind, and riding alone on one occasion to a justice's court in the country to attend to some trifling matter, he chanced to overtake General Jackson.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

That I believe in; but that is down in the justice's court.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

The court next higher than a justice's court, is a court held in each county, generally called a county court, or court of common pleas.

From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.