magistrate's court


noun
  1. a court having limited jurisdiction over minor civil and criminal matters, as matters of contract not exceeding a particular amount of money.

Origin of magistrate's court

1
First recorded in 1865–70

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British Dictionary definitions for magistrates' court

magistrates' court

noun
  1. (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

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