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- proper noun a
street in theCity between Holborncircus and St Paul's Cathedral - proper noun the Central Criminal Court in this street
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- noun the central criminal court in London
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the elder Mr. Weller entertained a firm and unalterable conviction that the Old Bailey was the supreme court of judicature in this country, and that its rules and forms of proceeding regulated and controlled the practice of all other courts of justice whatsoever, he totally disregarded the assurances and arguments of his son, tending to show that the alibi was inadmissible; and vehemently protested that Mr. Pickwick was being 'wictimised.'
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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Fifty years ago this week, amid extraordinary international publicity, the Old Bailey was the venue for a trial that did more to shape 21st-century Britain than hundreds of politicians put together.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Fifty years ago this week, amid extraordinary international publicity, the Old Bailey was the venue for a trial that did more to shape 21st-century Britain than hundreds of politicians put together.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Fifty years ago this week, amid extraordinary international publicity, the Old Bailey was the venue for a trial that did more to shape 21st-century Britain than hundreds of politicians put together.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Fifty years ago this week, amid extraordinary international publicity, the Old Bailey was the venue for a trial that did more to shape 21st-century Britain than hundreds of politicians put together.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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But Saul, not content with this ordinary drum-beating kind of Old Bailey performance, in which there is much more alarm than harm, instructed me to make a few inquiries as to the Prince's private life, and so show him up in public.
The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins Brampton, Henry H 1904
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British authorities arrested Stead on abduction charges, and an Old Bailey judge sentenced him to three months in prison.
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: Britain's Long Fight Against Slavery Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism 2011
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British authorities arrested Stead on abduction charges, and an Old Bailey judge sentenced him to three months in prison.
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: Britain's Long Fight Against Slavery Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism 2011
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British authorities arrested Stead on abduction charges, and an Old Bailey judge sentenced him to three months in prison.
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: Britain's Long Fight Against Slavery Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism 2011
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It was just before the jury went out in the Stephen Lawrence trial at the Old Bailey this month.
Rapes, murders – and one sleepless night: the life of a criminal prosecutor 2012
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