court appearance

noun

: the formal act of going in front of judge to have one's case decided

One man has been convicted of the crime, and two others are awaiting court appearances.

Examples of court appearance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jacobs pleaded no contest to battery and criminal damage to property, both misdemeanors, during his first court appearance in Brown County, Wisconsin, after being charged last month. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

The date of the teen's first court appearance was not immediately known. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

They have been held at the Federal Detention Center in Miami since making a brief court appearance two days after their July 18 arrest. — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The judge for Lam’s initial court appearance in Miami sounded astonished by a prosecutor’s summary of his lavish spending. — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for court appearance

• disappearance
• incoherence
• interference
• perseverance
• reappearance
• adherence
• coherence
• preclearance
• clearance
• noninterference