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court of law

noun

  1. a duly instituted organ of the government that administers justice, whether on the basis of legislation, previous court decisions, or other authoritative services.
  2. a court administering the rules developed by such organs as distinguished from the rules and principles developed and administered in courts of equity.


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For hundreds of years it has been accepted that someone is presumed innocent until a court of law finds them guilty.

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It added: "This is just the first of many that will not hold up in a court of law."

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“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.

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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.

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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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