How to Use small-claims court in a Sentence

small-claims court

noun

• The group also said similar practices may be happening in small-claims courts in other states.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2020-02-20
• The next steps for a consumer can be small-claims court or, if bankruptcy is filed, bankruptcy court, Albracht said.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2018-03-01
• Constables serve papers such as eviction notices and enforce orders of justices of the peace in small-claims court.
  — Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 2018-03-14
• But unlike most eviction cases that play out in small-claims court, this one went much higher — and with much wider implications for the rent-to-buy housing market.
  — Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star, 2019-12-03
• The bill’s requirement for a judgment against a tenant in order to access the mitigation fund could create an incentive for landlords to sue tenants in small-claims courts.
  — Agatha Pacheco, The Seattle Times, 2018-02-12
• Most arbitration clauses allow consumers to use small-claims courts instead, but there, too, the advantages appear tilted in the companies’ favor.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 2017-10-26
• The idea of a copyright small-claims court, which has been discussed in Washington D.C. for several years, would not have a substantial effect on major labels or publishers.
  — Robert Levine, Billboard, 2017-10-05
• Your editorial suggests that arbitration is akin to small-claims court: You, a corporate representative and an arbitrator all work it out.
  — WSJ, 2019-05-06