criminal court

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   a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases

   Broadercourt

   Narrowernight courtOld Bailey

Questions about criminal court

What does criminal court mean?

criminal court means "a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases".

Is criminal court a common word?

criminal court is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.