| 单词 | magistrates' court |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmagistrates' court magistrates' court n. a court of two or more magistrates, or a single stipendiary magistrate, in which criminal prosecutions are initiated, and which may sit as a court of summary jurisdiction. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of justices of peace sessions of the peacec1405 justice court1490 petty sessions1562 magistrates' court1867 1867 T. W. Saunders Pract. in Magistr. Courts (ed. 3) i. 1 The various kinds of magistrates' courts—petty and special sessions—quarter sessions—clerk to the justices. 1952 Act 1 Eliz. II c. 55 §38 Where a person is taken into custody for an offence without a warrant and is retained in custody, he shall be brought before a magistrates' court as soon as practicable. 1965 New Statesman 10 Dec. 920/2 The police courts, reborn as magistrates' courts in 1952, are still police courts not only to those who never frequent them but also to the old lags who frequent them most. 1986 R. K. Narayan Talkative Man 82 Nataraj..met me at the magistrates' court verandah. < as lemmas |
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