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court of record
noun
- a court whose judgments and proceedings are kept on permanent record and that has the power to impose penalties for contempt.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of court of record1
Example Sentences
They include being the first woman to serve as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee; the first tenure-track female professor at Vanderbilt University Law School; and the first female judge to sit on the bench of a Tennessee court of record, the Court of Criminal Appeals.
In fact, past legislative sessions have weathered repeated attempts to require that justices of the peace who preside over a court of record be attorneys.
Erskine May says the House of Lords has the power to inflict fines in its capacity as a court of record.
If there were a comma present, the opinion said, then “of a court of record†would only apply to “order.â€
He says the lack of a comma separating the phrase, “of a court of record,†means it refers to both “subpoena†and “order.â€
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