police court
police court
nounDefinition of POLICE COURT
: a court of record that has jurisdiction over various minor offenses (as breach of the peace) and the power to bind over for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury persons accused of more serious offenses
First Known Use of POLICE COURT
1823
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