night court

noun

: a criminal court in a large city that sits at night (as for rapid disposition of criminal charges and the granting of bail)

Examples of night court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And night court is huge for me. —

Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023 Melissa Rauch plays prior Judge Harry Stone’s daughter, Abby Stone, the new night court judge and the sunshine to Larroquette’s gloom. —

Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2023 What is the point of making it about Stone’s daughter, rather than any judge in any night court? —

Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023 John Larroquette, a member of the original cast, reprises his role as Dan Fielding, a night court prosecutor. —

Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2022 In addition to its travel court, the Green Valley Justice Court will relaunch in October its night court program, which was suspended during the pandemic. —

Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022 Fulton officials plan to run night court for years to get their heads above the cresting waters of a judicial backlog. —

Ben Brasch, ajc, 2 June 2022 Larroquette will reprise his role as Dan Fielding, the former night court prosecutor. —

Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2022 The latest evidence of Trump’s innumeracy has arrived in the form of a late-night court filing by New York Attorney General Letitia James. —

Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2022 See More

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