police court

/pəˌlis kɔrt/
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Other forms: police courts

Definitions of police court
  1. noun
    a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses
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    type of:
    court, judicature, tribunal
    an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
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