domestic relations court

1. 1.

   a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

   Synonymsfamily courtcourt of domestic relations

   Broadercourt

Questions about domestic relations court

What does domestic relations court mean?

domestic relations court means "a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)".

What is another word for domestic relations court?

Close synonyms include family court, court of domestic relations. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is domestic relations court a common word?

domestic relations 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.