criminal courtnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl ˌkɔːt/us/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl ˌkɔːrt/a law court that deals with criminal cases
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Law courts
- appellate
- before
- bench
- chamber
- circuit court
- Circuit Court of Appeals
- court
- courtroom
- Crown Court
- dock
- High Court
- High Court of Australia
- in camera
- justice
- kangaroo court
- small claims court
- stand
- the Inns of Court
- the Supreme Court
- witness box
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Examples from literature
- Civil and criminal courts are separate.
- For this sort of robbery the criminal court was twice assembled in the present month.
- The criminal court being assembled, she was tried and found guilty.
- The criminal court went outside the common law to prosecute political enemies, e.g. by dispensing with a jury.
- Towards the latter end of February a criminal court was convened, in which six of the convicts received sentence of death.