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court of law

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a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws

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It is not surprising that in talking about uncertainty we should lean heavily on facts, just as the court of law does when interrogating witnesses. Facts form a sort of bedrock on which we can build the shifting sands of uncertainty. Dennis Lindley

Eventually, these people will have trials and they will have counsel and they will be represented in a court of law. George W. Bush

The sad truth is that truth is almost irrelevant in a court of law. Joy Fielding

The theatre couldn't match what was going on in a court of law or at football grounds. The theatre has never been able to match what goes on anywhere, that's why so few people go. Tom Baker

Inconvenience arising from the operation of an Act of Parliament can be no ground of argument in a Court of law. Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

A Court of equity can mould interests differently from a Court of law; and can give relief in cases where a Court of law cannot. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

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