law court

Noun

Meaning

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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Rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ... And so the rhetorician's business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in matters of right and wrong, but only to make them believe. Plato

As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenever I can raise my voice with the hope of being heard I need to do it, but I wouldn't assign a special wisdom and responsibility to writers. Bernhard Schlink

A differing account stated that Freisler "was killed by a bomb fragment while trying to escape from his law court to the air-raid shelter", and he "bled to death on the pavement outside the People's Court at Bellevuestrasse 15 in Berlin." Source: Internet

However, since no law court existed in the neutral territory, Belgian and Prussian judges had to come in and decide cases based on the Napoleonic laws. Source: Internet

Litigants would go ‘ jurisdiction shopping ’ and often would seek an equitable injunction prohibiting the enforcement of a common law court order. Source: Internet

Since early 2003, a special law court with prison facilities has been operational at Schiphol airport. Source: Internet

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