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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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.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 May 2025
This desperate argument may work in a press interview but fails in a court of law based on an adversarial system of justice.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 May 2025
Natalia and the Barnetts face off in the court of law and the court of public opinion Courtesy of Disney
What happens in the finale?
—Barry Levitt, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
And there's a specific place where those topics and issues are judged, called the court of law.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 May 2025
This desperate argument may work in a press interview but fails in a court of law based on an adversarial system of justice.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 May 2025
Natalia and the Barnetts face off in the court of law and the court of public opinion Courtesy of Disney
What happens in the finale?
—Barry Levitt, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
And there's a specific place where those topics and issues are judged, called the court of law.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for court of law
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“Court of law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/court%20of%20law. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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