municipal court

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noun

a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.

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Origin of municipal court

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby municipal court

municipal, municipal bond, municipal bond fund, municipal bonds, municipal corporation, municipal court, municipalism, municipality, municipalize, munificence, munificent

How to use municipal court in a sentence

Rivera’s criminal charges were downgraded to low-level “disorderly person” offenses and sent to municipal court for resolution.
Immigration Prosecutors Were Told Not to Push for Deportation in Cases Like His. He Was Ordered Deported the Next Day.|by Dara Lind|July 27, 2021|ProPublica
But when this same chamber serves as Ferguson Municipal Court, a disproportionate number of the defendants are black.
Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household|Michael Daly|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Ferguson municipal court canceled its August sessions because of the turmoil, but it is expected to resume in September.
Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household|Michael Daly|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Castro, who appeared in a Cleveland municipal court, was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
For the Cleveland Kidnapping Victims, a Tragic Sisterhood|Christine Pelisek|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Castro was arraigned this morning in a Cleveland Municipal Court and is being held on bond for $2 million in each case.
The Forgotten Victim: Cleveland’s Michelle Knight|Christine Pelisek|May 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The municipal court also held its sessions in the building, and it afforded room for the post office and county clerk's office.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II|Stephen M. Ostrander
There was a loud hue and cry raised against the idea as administered recently by one of our Municipal Court Judges.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge
"Then you are bound over to the municipal court under bonds of $5,000," said the court.
The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt|Oliver Remey
The judiciary powers are vested in a supreme and circuit court, together with a municipal court called the parish court.
The South-West|Joseph Holt Ingraham
After dinner they repaired to the court room where Joseph was delivered to the municipal court for trial.
Wilford Woodruff|Matthias F. Cowley