"court of law" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: courts of law [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|courts of law}} court of law (plural courts of law)
  1. A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.
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  2. (archaic) A court which was empowered to decide questions of law and award monetary damages, but could not provide equitable relief, which was reserved for a court of equity. Tags: archaic Synonyms: court of justice, law court Translations: geregshof (Afrikaans), gjyq [masculine] (Albanian), դատարան (dataran) (Armenian), ədələt məhkəməsi (Azerbaijani), съд (sǎd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), တရားရုံး (ta.ra:rum:) (Burmese), 法庭 (fǎtíng) (Chinese Mandarin), soud [masculine] (Czech), domstol [common-gender] (Danish), rechtbank [common-gender] (Dutch), gerechtshof [neuter] (Dutch), tuomioistuin (Finnish), tribunal [masculine] (French), cour de justice [feminine] (French), სასამართლო (sasamartlo) (Georgian), Gericht [neuter] (German), Gerichtshof [masculine] (German), δικαστήριο (dikastírio) [neuter] (Greek), bíróság (Hungarian), törvényszék (Hungarian), tribūnal [neuter] (Latin), considium [neuter] (Latin), iūs [neuter] (Latin), forum [neuter] (Latin), суд (sud) [masculine] (Macedonian), domstol [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), domstol [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مجلس (meclis) (Ottoman Turkish), sąd [masculine] (Polish), trybunał [masculine] (Polish), tribunal [masculine] (Portuguese), tribunal [neuter] (Romanian), curte de judecată [feminine] (Romanian), judecătorie (Romanian), суд (sud) [masculine] (Russian), трибуна́л (tribunál) [masculine] (Russian), လုမ်းတြႃး (lúm tráa) (Shan), tribunal de justicia [masculine] (Spanish), domstol [common-gender] (Swedish), ศาลยุติธรรม (sǎan-yút-dtì-tam) (Thai), adliye (Turkish), adliya (Uzbek), soret [feminine] (Zazaki), edliya (diq) [feminine] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-court_of_law-en-noun-B9apO8CX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

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