General Court: the designation of the legislatures of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as Colonies and as States of the American Union.
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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts in U.S. (10) General Court1628 General Court: the designation of the legislatures of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as Colonies and as States of the American Union. county court1639 U.S. A court in some states (formerly British colonies) having either an administrative function or jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases in a… praetorial1639 North American. In colonial Maryland: a court for the trial of capital and other serious crimes, consisting of the lord proprietor or his lieutenant… precinct court1669 a court with jurisdiction over a precinct. supreme bench1767 = Supreme Court, n.; (also) the justices of the Supreme Court collectively. Supreme Court1787 spec. The highest federal court in the United States. justice court1793 a court of law; spec. (a) Scottish the Court of Justiciary (now historical); (b) U.S. a court of a Justice of the Peace. oyer and terminer1840 U.S. Law. In some states of the U.S.: a court of higher criminal jurisdiction. circuit-court1843 in Scotland, a court held periodically in the principal towns, similar in function to the English assize, n.; in U.S. (a) Federal courts… chancery1850 Applied to similar courts elsewhere; in U.S. ‘a court of equity’ (Webster). |
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