municipal court
noun
1
: a court that sits in some cities and larger towns and that usually has civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases arising within the municipality
2
: police court
Example Sentences
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Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2022 Under Alabama law, citizens can obtain arrest warrants in municipal court under certain circumstances. Chron, 13 June 2022 In Brookside, revenue from fines and fees increased more than 600 percent from 2018-20, with most of the money going back into the police department and municipal court. Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 27 July 2022 Previously, the city could not change the ordinance because city hall also housed the municipal court and police department, which are barred from having firearms present understate statute. Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2022 Hypothetically, the arguments in this case would be moot if either city council meetings or municipal court were housed in a different building. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2021 Ferguson used municipal court revenue to pay almost a quarter of the city budget, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report, and some residents were tossed in jail for missing a single payment. John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 21 Jan. 2022 Hill and James are scheduled for a hearing in Eugene municipal court on Tuesday on two counts of reckless endangering, two counts of disorderly conduct and unlawful discharge of a firearm related to the Aug. 3 incident. James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2021 Police said the second suspect, a 41-year-old man, was being interrogated and would be referred to a custody hearing in the municipal court. CNN, 15 June 2022 See More
Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2022 Under Alabama law, citizens can obtain arrest warrants in municipal court under certain circumstances. Chron, 13 June 2022 In Brookside, revenue from fines and fees increased more than 600 percent from 2018-20, with most of the money going back into the police department and municipal court. Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 27 July 2022 Previously, the city could not change the ordinance because city hall also housed the municipal court and police department, which are barred from having firearms present understate statute. Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2022 Hypothetically, the arguments in this case would be moot if either city council meetings or municipal court were housed in a different building. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2021 Ferguson used municipal court revenue to pay almost a quarter of the city budget, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report, and some residents were tossed in jail for missing a single payment. John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 21 Jan. 2022 Hill and James are scheduled for a hearing in Eugene municipal court on Tuesday on two counts of reckless endangering, two counts of disorderly conduct and unlawful discharge of a firearm related to the Aug. 3 incident. James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2021 Police said the second suspect, a 41-year-old man, was being interrogated and would be referred to a custody hearing in the municipal court. CNN, 15 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Legal Definition
municipal court
noun
: a court that sits in some cities and larger towns and that usually has limited civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases arising within the municipality
also : police court