court of law
noun phrase
: a court that hears cases and decides them on the basis of statutes or the common law
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Under the Sixth Amendment of the United State Constitution, all accused indigent people are guaranteed the right to effective legal representation in a court of law.
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Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
In the finale of Hulu’s Good American Family, Natalia Grace’s hopes that the justice system might finally prevail are squandered when the court of law becomes yet another place where her truth is not welcome.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The other claims, like the one dismissed today, also will not hold up in a court of law.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
In every other similar incident in Baltimore between 1867 and 1910, no case of unjustified use of force by a white police officer against a Black person ever got past a coroner’s jury, much less a court of law.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 May 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
In the finale of Hulu’s Good American Family, Natalia Grace’s hopes that the justice system might finally prevail are squandered when the court of law becomes yet another place where her truth is not welcome.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The other claims, like the one dismissed today, also will not hold up in a court of law.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
In every other similar incident in Baltimore between 1867 and 1910, no case of unjustified use of force by a white police officer against a Black person ever got past a coroner’s jury, much less a court of law.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 May 2025
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“Court of law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/court%20of%20law. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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