1An unofficial court set up by a revolutionary or vigilante group.
人民法庭（黑人城区内由治安维持者团体组成的非正式法庭）
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As soon as he stepped out of jail, he was taken to a people's court, quickly judged and killed by the mob.
A man spent two days in hospital after he was lashed 50 times by members of a people's court.
The people's courts, vigilantes, and instant-justice mobs that are still flourishing in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent are illegal.
1.1An official court in a communist country.
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The intermediate people's court sentenced him to death for making and selling over 600 tonnes of "protein powder" laced with melamine.
The Beijing number one intermediate people's court found him guilty of "inciting subversion of state power" in internet articles and interviews with foreign reporters.
He and his accomplices then channelled 38 million of the utility's revenues into his own pockets, said the Suining intermediate people's court.
We're seeing worsening contradictions between the ever-rising legal demands from the masses of the people and the relative incapacity of the people's courts.
Yesterday's session at the intermediate people's court in Jiamusi focused on whether his protest slogan counted as subversion, her lawyer told agencies.
The Beijing No 1 intermediate people's court said his main crime was to have abused his position to secure benefits for himself and his family.
At an intermediate people's court in early 2002, he was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life, and had his assets confiscated.
The people's court ruled she should serve imprisonment for deliberate injury and pay compensation of 8000 yuan to the child.
On the death penalty, Amnesty welcomed a decision by the supreme people's court (SPC) to formally resume its role of approving all death sentences.
The "libel" case was scheduled for trial on February 13, 2001, but the trial was postponed by the intermediate people's court in Taiyuan, the provincial capital.
Canadian and Australian diplomats who tried to enter the first intermediate people's court of Beijing to observe the trial were turned away.
But the higher people's court in Shaanxi ordered her execution after it ruled her depression was not directly related to her crime.
Lethal injections will eventually be used in all intermediate people's courts, instead of relying on firing squads.
2US informal A small-claims court.
小索赔法庭
Definition of people's court in US English:
people's court
noun
1An unofficial court set up by a revolutionary or vigilante group.
人民法庭（黑人城区内由治安维持者团体组成的非正式法庭）
Example sentencesExamples
The people's courts, vigilantes, and instant-justice mobs that are still flourishing in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent are illegal.
As soon as he stepped out of jail, he was taken to a people's court, quickly judged and killed by the mob.
A man spent two days in hospital after he was lashed 50 times by members of a people's court.
1.1An official court in a communist country.
Example sentencesExamples
The intermediate people's court sentenced him to death for making and selling over 600 tonnes of "protein powder" laced with melamine.
Canadian and Australian diplomats who tried to enter the first intermediate people's court of Beijing to observe the trial were turned away.
But the higher people's court in Shaanxi ordered her execution after it ruled her depression was not directly related to her crime.
He and his accomplices then channelled 38 million of the utility's revenues into his own pockets, said the Suining intermediate people's court.
The Beijing No 1 intermediate people's court said his main crime was to have abused his position to secure benefits for himself and his family.
At an intermediate people's court in early 2002, he was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life, and had his assets confiscated.
We're seeing worsening contradictions between the ever-rising legal demands from the masses of the people and the relative incapacity of the people's courts.
The people's court ruled she should serve imprisonment for deliberate injury and pay compensation of 8000 yuan to the child.
The Beijing number one intermediate people's court found him guilty of "inciting subversion of state power" in internet articles and interviews with foreign reporters.
Yesterday's session at the intermediate people's court in Jiamusi focused on whether his protest slogan counted as subversion, her lawyer told agencies.
The "libel" case was scheduled for trial on February 13, 2001, but the trial was postponed by the intermediate people's court in Taiyuan, the provincial capital.
Lethal injections will eventually be used in all intermediate people's courts, instead of relying on firing squads.
On the death penalty, Amnesty welcomed a decision by the supreme people's court (SPC) to formally resume its role of approving all death sentences.