Definitions
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- noun a
court of law .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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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Examples
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I who am fool enough to speak seriously of such things in a lawcourt?
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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I who am fool enough to speak seriously of such things in a lawcourt?
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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It dealt with details of service in some lawcourt in the provinces, of prosecutors and presidents, of some department intrigues, of the depravity of some registration clerks, of an inspector, of the sudden appointment of
The Double 2003
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The latter is examined only in the lawcourt, like other magistrates
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These officers are examined in the lawcourt before they begin to act, and give in accounts on each occasion of their acting.
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If any officer is rejected on this vote, he is tried in the lawcourt, and if he is found guilty the people decide what punishment or fine shall be inflicted on him; but if he is acquitted he resumes his office.
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The latter is examined only in the lawcourt, like other magistrates
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If any officer is rejected on this vote, he is tried in the lawcourt, and if he is found guilty the people decide what punishment or fine shall be inflicted on him; but if he is acquitted he resumes his office.
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These officers are examined in the lawcourt before they begin to act, and give in accounts on each occasion of their acting.
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These officers are examined in the lawcourt before they begin to act, and give in accounts on each occasion of their acting.
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