Meaning Of The Word Magistrates' court

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Magistrates' court? Find Magistrates' court meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Magistrates' court Meaning

Magistrates' court Definition
Magistrates' court Definition

What's The Definition Of Magistrates' court?

magistrates' court in British English
noun: (in England) a court of summary jurisdiction held before two or more justices of the peace or a stipendiary magistrate to deal with minor crimes, certain civil actions, and preliminary hearings
noun: a court having limited jurisdiction over minor civil and criminal matters, as matters of contract not exceeding a particular amount of money

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Tailfly ‐ noun; noun: the region of the vertebrate body…
  • Garter snake ‐ any of various small, harmless, striped colubrid…
  • Unperfectly ‐ adverb:…
  • Nongolfer ‐ noun: a person who is…
  • QARANC ‐ abbreviation for: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army…
  • Blinks ‐ noun: a small temperate portulacaceous plant…
  • Sales tax ‐ a tax on sales, usually levied as a percentage…
  • Gun brig ‐ noun: a naval brig of the 18th century having…
  • Paroquet ‐ noun; noun: any of numerous small usually brightly…
  • Soissons ‐ noun: a city in N France, on the Aisne River:…