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

Example Sentences

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justice's court

What is the judge who sits in a justice's court called?

From Civil Government of Virginia by William Fayette Fox

If I had been accused in a trial justice's court I would have had the proofs, and would have the right to meet my accuser face to face.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various

The next morning he appeared in the justice's court, saw the outlaws indicted, and a little later took the train bound west, for his "cow camp."

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn

Also causes removed by appeal from a justice's court are tried in this court; in which cases it is said to have appellate jurisdiction.

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 Andrew W. Young

The freeholders of every precinct shall nominate three men; out of which three, the chief justice's court shall chuse and commission one to be register of the said precinct, whilst he shall well behave himself.

From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 by Alexander Hewatt