"magistrates' court" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magistrates' courts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=magistrates' court}} magistrates' court (plural magistrates' courts)
  1. In England and Wales, a lower court of law that deals with less serious offences, as well as initial hearings for serious offences prior to referring these to the Crown Court. Cases are heard by two or three magistrates, or sometimes a district judge, without a jury. Categories (topical): Law Translations (lower court of law): 裁判法院 (alt: coi⁴ pun³ faat³ jyun⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 裁判司署 (coi⁴ pun³ si¹ cyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 治安法院 (zhì'ān fǎyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 裁判法院 (cáipàn fǎyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 推事法庭 (tuīshì fǎtíng) [Malaysia, Singapore] (Chinese Mandarin), 推事庭 (tuīshì tíng) [Malaysia, Singapore] (Chinese Mandarin), maistraatinoikeus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-magistrates'_court-en-noun-fdizVCZJ Disambiguation of Law: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'lower court of law': 68 32
  2. A similar court of law in various other countries and jurisdictions.
    Sense id: en-magistrates'_court-en-noun-12YeZE0F

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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