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Definition of Police court
1. Noun. A court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Police Court
Literary usage of Police court
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"1033), extending the jurisdiction of the police court of the city of Savannah "to
try all offenses against the laws and ordinances of the municipal ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"As the case was remanded to the police court for further proceedings when the
... An information having been filed in the police court of the District of ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Provision was accordingly made for the police court of any county through which
... The police court, for some reason not dis- eOO*] closed by the record, ..."
4. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, Legislature (1912)
"There is hereby constituted a police court, in and for the city of Sacramento.
... A judge of the police court shall be appointed by the city commission and ..."
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