police court

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   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

   Broadercourt

   law

Questions about police court

What does police court mean?

police court means "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".

Is police court a common word?

police 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.