court of domestic relations

noun

, Law.

1. a court, usually with a limited jurisdiction, that handles legal cases involving a family, especially controversies between parent and child or between the marriage partners.

Word History and Origins

Origin of court of domestic relations¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Court of Domestic Relations.—One of the most significant improvements that has taken place is the establishment of a court of domestic relations, which already exists in several cities, and has made an enviable record.

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In most states the jurisdiction of the courts of domestic relations should be extended and co-ordinated.

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He was young and distinguished-looking, which probably accounted for the fact that his office had become a sort of fashionable court of domestic relations.

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The conferring of equity powers on courts of domestic relations is a form of protection both to the court and to its clients which social workers should stand ready to work for.

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Few courts of domestic relations are without some wives as regular patrons who pursue their husbands not for gain but for sport.

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