单词 | family court |
释义 | family courtn. 1. Any of the various courts of 18th-cent. Europe forming an alliance under a Family Compact (Family Compact n. 1b). Now historical. ΚΠ 1772 tr. Family-compact in Polit. Reg. Feb. 79 Lay it down as an invariable rule to their ministers, vested with the same character in family courts [Fr. les cours de famille] as are now those of Naples and Parma. 1819 Encycl. Londinensis XVI. 540/2 As the throne was occupied by a Bourbon.., Naples was of course considered as one of the family-courts. 1973 J. H. W. Verzijl Internat. Law in Hist. Perspective VI. 155 In the family Courts of Naples and Parma préséance would always fall to the Ministers of the Monarch. 2. Law. a. A court or council composed of and having authority over members of one family or household. Now historical.Chiefly with reference to ancient Rome.figurative in quot. 1793. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > ancient Roman courts centumvir1542 centumvirate1696 family court1793 1793 Rep. Trial S. Busby 72 The family court is infinitely more sacred than any court in any realm: upon this care and authority depend the morals and the health of children. 1819 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. July 21/1 Readings on Hindu law... Gana Sabha... Family court, formed by the assembly of all the members of the same family. 1867 New Englander Jan. 106 The husband himself, moreover, was to some extent controlled by a very remarkable Roman institution..—a family court, consisting of the blood-relations of both parties. 1973 K. Loewenstein Governance of Rome ii. iv. 296 The head of the family (pater familias), presiding over the family court composed of prominent members of the family, possessed the right of life and death..over all family members. 2012 G. Woolf Rome vi. 84 He..might turn this into a family court to try members of the household: until Augustus even adultery was a matter for the jurisdiction of the head of the household. b. A court of law that handles cases involving domestic issues such as divorce, child custody, etc. Cf. family law n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts with other specific jurisdictions marshalseaa1400 oyer and terminer1469 High Commission1581 jail-delivery1612 Court of (the) Verge1647 palace court1685 Court of Claims1691 Industrial Court1852 brewster sessions1883 traffic court1896 family court1917 1917 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 8 273 The Domestic Relations Court, better termed ‘The Family Court’, in any community should have exclusive jurisdiction of the following cases: non-support, desertion [etc.]. 1963 Times 29 July 6/5 Family courts to deal with divorce, domestic matters, consent to marriage, adoption and illegitimate children are advocated by Mr. John Collins, a barrister. 1989 M. Gordon Other Side iii. iv. 179 Her work has made her chary of the automatic blame placed on mothers by everyone from Ann Landers to the Family Court judge. 2003 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 18/1 Children's guardians work closely with the child's solicitor in cases that come before the family courts of England and Wales. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772 |
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