| 单词 | mayor's court |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmayor's court mayor's court n. a court of law under the jurisdiction of a mayor; the room or building in which such a court is held. ΚΠ 1647 City-law Guild-Hall London 1 The Mayors Court is held by custom of the City before the Mayor and Aldermen that are for the time, in the Chamber of the Guild-Hall, or in the hustings, from day to day in their will. 1682 London Gaz. No. 1738/4 [He] appointed the Common-Serjeant, the Town-Clerk, the two Secondaries, and the four Attorneys of the Mayors Court,..to take the Poll. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) iii. 69 Our practice is different in the Mayor's Court at Calcutta. 1833 E. T. Coke Subaltern's Furlough iv Of the public buildings, the City Hall, containing the supreme court, mayor's court, and various public offices,..is the most remarkable. 1991 Past & Present Aug. 53 In the summer of 1652 the presentment jury of the mayor's court found thirty-five morals offences. < as lemmas |
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