Thesaurus results for CRIMINAL COURT

criminal court

noun

Definition of criminal court

as in judiciary

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Recent Examples of criminal court Delgado Lopez’ arraignment in Manhattan criminal court was pending Friday morning. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026 The first part of Reddington's questioning largely focused on Mack's history of serving as a witness in criminal court cases. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026 He is scheduled to return to criminal court for a pretrial hearing in September. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 The rage Lyman felt during the police investigation and the criminal court process had inspired a political crusade. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for criminal court

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Noun

In other countries that have recently experienced democratic backsliding, such as Turkey and Hungary, installing loyalists in the judiciary and in government agencies has played a key role in helping autocrats consolidate power.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
In the last three years, the city’s longtime process for adjudicating those cases has been largely paused as the legal fight between the city and FOP, the union representing rank-and-file police officers, wound its way through the state judiciary.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

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The high court will hear oral arguments on the case, but not until December, meaning a decision will come next year.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
That decision stems from an argument by the Colorado localities that the high court does not have jurisdiction to hear the case because no final judgment has been made by the local courts.

— Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of high court

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After Maduro was removed, Rodríguez, who was his vice president, stepped in as interim leader, and was given a six-month mandate by the nation’s supreme court.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
In the latter, the state supreme court revised the instruction to appear more neutral and reduced pressure on hold-out jurors to switch sides.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of supreme court

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Any matters requiring legal enforcement are referred directly to the Texas judicial system, said the tribunal, which likened its work to the services provided by Jewish Beth Din courts and Catholic ecclesiastical tribunals.

— David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
The two-day hearing before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Montevideo, Uruguay, marks the first time the tribunal has considered a case involving Indigenous peoples living in isolation in Peru.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026

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With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
The court's three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of court

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Police are investigating the death of a man who was found injured on a bench less than ½ mile away from the Bristol Police Department earlier this month.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Security-camera footage showed Mendiola walking from the Flamingo parking garage toward the short-term parking garage, where seven benches are located, the report states.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

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