municipal court
a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
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How to use municipal court in a sentence
Rivera’s criminal charges were downgraded to low-level “disorderly person” offenses and sent to municipal court for resolution.
But when this same chamber serves as Ferguson municipal court, a disproportionate number of the defendants are black.
Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household | Michael Daly | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Ferguson municipal court canceled its August sessions because of the turmoil, but it is expected to resume in September.
Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household | Michael Daly | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCastro, who appeared in a Cleveland municipal court, was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
For the Cleveland Kidnapping Victims, a Tragic Sisterhood | Christine Pelisek | May 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCastro was arraigned this morning in a Cleveland municipal court and is being held on bond for $2 million in each case.
The Forgotten Victim: Cleveland’s Michelle Knight | Christine Pelisek | May 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The municipal court also held its sessions in the building, and it afforded room for the post office and county clerk's office.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II | Stephen M. OstranderThere was a loud hue and cry raised against the idea as administered recently by one of our municipal court Judges.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World | Clifton R. Wooldridge"Then you are bound over to the municipal court under bonds of $5,000," said the court.
The judiciary powers are vested in a supreme and circuit court, together with a municipal court called the parish court.
The South-West | Joseph Holt IngrahamAfter dinner they repaired to the court room where Joseph was delivered to the municipal court for trial.
Wilford Woodruff | Matthias F. Cowley
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