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Definition of stannary court in English: stannary courtnoun British historical A legal body for the regulation of tin miners in the stannaries. Example sentencesExamples - The Duke may rule on matters, but rulings by the stannary courts were independent to any powers held at Westminster.
- Chagford was made a Stannary town in 1305, and had a stannary court for regulating tin mining operations.
- It is to the tinners and their stannary courts that responsibility for this harsh justice lies.
- It housed the Town Hall, magistrates and stannary courts, police offices and cells and the fire brigade.
- It is noted that stannary courts were abolished under the Stannaries Court Act 1896.
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