(in some US states) a lower court with civil and criminal jurisdiction for a particular city or municipality.
he is scheduled to appear at Los Angeles Municipal Court on June 26
as modifier a municipal court judge in Albuquerque dismissed the case
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- This municipal court offers us an opportunity to address these offences with the required vigour.
- About 40 cases are heard everyday at the municipal court.
- There is a suspension for not showing up for an assigned municipal court date.
- According to the mayor, steps to establish the first municipal court in the city are well on track.
- The judge announced the court's decision to maintain the ruling of a municipal court in June.
- Municipal courts of each state have applied their procedural rules.
- The initial hearing of some felony charges also occurs in municipal courts.
- Because the case against the officers was filed in municipal court, legal experts tell me that any trial would be handled by a judge and not a jury.
- The police laid charges and a prosecutor dealt with them in municipal court.
- At the municipal court, he faced six charges.