police court

noun

an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.

Also called magistrate's court.

Origin of police court

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby police court

Poliakoff, polianite, police, police action, police car, police court, police dog, police force, policeman, policeman's helmet, Police Motu

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Example sentences from the Web for police court

What you want is a police-court lawyer—if you're goin' in for this sort of thing.
By Advice of Counsel|Arthur Train
Suppose, for example, a reporter has to send to his paper the account of a police-court proceeding.
A Frenchman in America|Max O'Rell
"Some of our people made a search there as soon as the police-court proceedings were over," replied the detective.
The Borough Treasurer|Joseph Smith Fletcher
Perhaps she would have to charge this man and appear in a police-court next day.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells

A constable giving evidence at Willesden police-court said a prisoner called him a "sergeant-major."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 21, 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for police court

police court

noun

another name for magistrates' court

(in Scotland, formerly) a burgh court with limited jurisdiction, presided over by lay magistrates or a stipendiary magistrate: replaced in 1975 by the district courtSee also district court

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单词	police court
释义	police court noun an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury. Also called magistrate's court. Origin of police court First recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby police court Poliakoff, polianite, police, police action, police car, police court, police dog, police force, policeman, policeman's helmet, Police Motu Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for police court What you want is a police-court lawyer—if you're goin' in for this sort of thing. By Advice of Counsel\|Arthur Train Suppose, for example, a reporter has to send to his paper the account of a police-court proceeding. A Frenchman in America\|Max O'Rell "Some of our people made a search there as soon as the police-court proceedings were over," replied the detective. The Borough Treasurer\|Joseph Smith Fletcher Perhaps she would have to charge this man and appear in a police-court next day. Ann Veronica\|H. G. Wells A constable giving evidence at Willesden police-court said a prisoner called him a "sergeant-major." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 21, 1920\|Various British Dictionary definitions for police court police court noun another name for magistrates' court (in Scotland, formerly) a burgh court with limited jurisdiction, presided over by lay magistrates or a stipendiary magistrate: replaced in 1975 by the district courtSee also district court Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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