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Recent Examples of criminal court
Depardieu denies the allegations, but lost an appeal for the French criminal court to drop the case.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
The criminal court is France’s highest level of court reserved for crimes carrying sentences of more than five years, if the accused is found guilty.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Indiana is one of the few states that allows the public to search its civil and criminal court records for free.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Evans oversees one of the largest civil and criminal court systems in the country.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
The criminal court is France’s highest level of court reserved for crimes carrying sentences of more than five years, if the accused is found guilty.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Indiana is one of the few states that allows the public to search its civil and criminal court records for free.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Evans oversees one of the largest civil and criminal court systems in the country.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal court
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This ruling comes amid broader debates in the United States over the future of TPS, a humanitarian immigration program, and illustrates the judiciary’s influential role in shaping national immigration policy.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, and the entertainment industry.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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What’s at stake for kids The case comes months after the high court ruled in June that states can ban gender affirming care for minors.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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The hearing comes on the second day of the high court’s new term and marks its first high-profile case.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Oct. 2025
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In those states, litigants appeal directly to the state supreme court.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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As of Friday afternoon, a review of the case’s docket did not indicate that the department had appealed the case to the state supreme court.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meta disputed Nigeria’s findings and decision to fine it, but a tribunal upheld the decision in April.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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That panel included two former judges who had overseen international criminal tribunals, a former legal adviser to the British Foreign Office, and Amal Clooney, a British Lebanese human-rights lawyer and the wife of George Clooney.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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In South Korea, these were the press, judicature, and religious organizations.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes,
6 May 2021
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In addition to yards of open grassy areas for Pickles and Franklin to roam freely, there is a pool, sauna, pickleball court, outdoor kitchen, and lots of shaded or umbrella-covered seating.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Both sides have been meeting to negotiate a resolution to the fight even as the legal challenges played out in court.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Target’s sale has discounts on thousands of storage furniture pieces, like this soft and roomy fleece bench with a lift-top and this cabinet that discreetly hides and deodorizes trash cans.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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Evans scored 21 points in 26 minutes off Las Vegas’ bench to fuel the Aces to a 89-86 second-half comeback against the Phoenix Mercury for a 1-0 series lead.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Criminal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20court. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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