Judicature
Of assembly. May also be referred to as court and tribunal.
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
This concept's ID is @1~44731
Law
- military court
A judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military...
- moot court
A mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases.
- police court
A court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in...
- probate court
A court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of e...
- quarter sessions
A local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative function...
- superior court
Any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court.
- supreme court
The highest court in most states of the United States.
- traffic court
A court that has power to prosecute for traffic offenses.
- trial court
The first court before which the facts of a case are decided.
Federal Judiciary
- federal court
A court establish by the authority of a federal government.
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
A secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence...
Also contains
- jury
A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court...
- criminal court
A court having jurisdiction over criminal cases.
- appellate court
A court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies.
- chancery
A court with jurisdiction in equity.
- consistory
A church tribunal or governing body.
- divorce court
A court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts.
- Rota
(Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy...
- family court
A court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes...
- inferior court
Any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court.
- Inquisition
A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress...
- juvenile court
A court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children.
- kangaroo court
An irregular unauthorized court.
- International Court of Justice
A court established to settle disputes between members of the United...
- Star Chamber
A former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe ...
- Bench
The magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court...
- court
A tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice...
- assizes
The county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts).