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court of law
noun
- a duly instituted organ of the government that administers justice, whether on the basis of legislation, previous court decisions, or other authoritative services.
- a court administering the rules developed by such organs as distinguished from the rules and principles developed and administered in courts of equity.
Example Sentences
For hundreds of years it has been accepted that someone is presumed innocent until a court of law finds them guilty.
It added: "This is just the first of many that will not hold up in a court of law."
“In our country, when a court of law orders you to do something, you must obey no matter who you are, including, yes, the president,†Bonta said.
And remember, politics isn't a court of law, but a court of perceptions – where unanswered questions are dangerous because they amount to more headlines, however fair or otherwise that might be.
He showed us that in a court of law, judges are not free to ignore precedents with which they disagree or to make the past disappear.
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