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Police Court

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Noun

1. police court

a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses

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Police Court

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noun
1.  another name for magistrates' court
2. 
(in Scotland, formerly) a burgh court with limited jurisdiction, presided over by lay magistrates or a stipendiary magistrate: replaced in 1975 by the district court
See also district court

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Police Court

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in some U.S. states, an inferior court with jurisdiction over minor offenses and misdemeanors, and the power to hold for trial those charged with felonies

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Police Court

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n.
An inferior court having the power to hear the trial of minor criminal offenses and violations of local ordinances.

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