court (of law)

  • 111law — [lɔː ǁ lɒː] noun 1. [singular, uncountable] LAW the whole system of rules that citizens of a country must obey: • It is against the law (= illegal ) for children to work before they are fifteen. • There were easy profits for businessmen who were… …

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  • 112law court — [n] place for legal action court, court of justice, court of law, judicature, tribunal; concept 299 …

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  • 113law court — ► NOUN ▪ a court of law …

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  • 114court costs — UK US noun [plural] ► LAW the costs, other than payments to lawyers, that are connected with taking a case to a court of law: »A telemarketer calling someone on the no call list could be fined $1,000 plus court costs and attorney s fees …

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  • 115court — ► NOUN 1) (also court of law) a body of people before whom judicial cases are heard. 2) the place where such a body meets. 3) a quadrangular area marked out for ball games such as tennis. 4) a quadrangle surrounded by a building or group of… …

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  • 116law court — court of law, court of justice, place where legal trials take place …

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  • 117court of appeals — court of ap peals noun count AMERICAN a court of law that holds APPEALS (=cases that are heard again in court because someone was not satisfied with the original judgment) …

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  • 118law firm — UK US noun [C] ► LAW a business that employs lawyers to represent clients or argue in court: »The law firm hired a prominent Justice Department prosecutor as a partner in an effort to build a Washington practice …

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  • 119Court of Session — Court of Ses|sion, the the most important ↑civil court of law in the Scottish legal system …

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  • 120court order — noun count an order that someone must or must not do something, given by a court of law …

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