Thesaurus results for CRIMINAL COURT

criminal court

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Definition of criminal court

as in judiciary

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Recent Examples of criminal court The rage Lyman felt during the police investigation and the criminal court process had inspired a political crusade. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The mental health courts deal with various legal matters, but one function is to handle the cases of defendants who committed misdemeanors or felonies, have a serious mental illness and have been judged incompetent to stand trial in criminal court. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Seeking a quick trial, D4vd entered a not guilty plea Monday in a brief appearance in a downtown Los Angeles criminal court. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 July 2026 Green has a history of arrests on suspicion of forgery, assault, theft and fraud, according to criminal court records dating back to 1998 obtained by the Houston Chronicle. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for criminal court

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That, in turn, has led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing parliamentary majority to announce plans to overhaul the judiciary, including removing its horizontal-review power.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
In January 2026, Guard withdrew his appointment to the federal judiciary and DeSantis appointed Guard to be a judge on the state’s Second District Court of Appeal.

— Jim Defede, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of judiciary

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The agency did so just before the high court ruling came down, prompting Democrats and voting rights groups to swiftly re-file their lawsuits.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
In its petition to the high court, lawyers for the New Jersey Attorney General's Office argued that the law at issue, the Commodity Exchange Act, does not allow prediction market operators to ignore state law.

— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of high court

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In England, boxer Jane Couch took the British Board of Boxing Control to an industrial tribunal over their refusal to grant her (or any woman) a professional boxing licence.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Vucic last week accused the West and The Hague tribunal of blaming only Serbs for the crimes and bringing no justice for the Serb victims.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tribunal

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But Zverev prefers to play on Arthur Ashe Stadium above all else, even the option of an earlier start time on another court.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The court also ordered Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to place a referendum on the November ballot asking voters whether to approve HB 1.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of court

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On Friday morning, trash was littered about the park, people appeared to be doing drugs, and an apparently homeless person and his belongings had set up camp on a park bench.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The Wood Chucks woodworking group has created benches and plant markers for the paths, among other projects.

— Erickson Senior Living, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026