mayor's court
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mayor's court
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Mr. Elkins offered a similar defense of Newburgh Heights, where Black residents account for about 22 percent of the population yet often make up a majority at his mayor’s court.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
As a result, many days, the crowd in Bratenahl mayor’s court is mostly Black.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
But that was not enough for Mayor John Licastro, who emailed his police chief in November 2018 that a “downturn in mayor’s court revenue” was exacerbating a budget crunch and employee raises could be affected.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
The mayor’s court in Bratenahl, a wealthy suburb on Lake Erie, typically has more than twice as many traffic cases each year as there are residents in town, according to state records.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
Being obliged to hold a mayor's court every day, and knowing very little of law, his chief study was, as he expressed it, "how to choke off the Kentucky lawyers."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various
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