(in England and Wales) a court presided over by a magistrate or magistrates that deals with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
the case got as far as the magistrates' court
Westminster Magistrates' Court
Example sentencesExamples
Bills are before Parliament which would allow "paper committals," so that witnesses do not have to give lengthy testimony in the magistrates' courts.
The hearing at Bow Street Magistrates' Court is expected to last three days.
She pleaded guilty to the these offences at Stratford Magistrates' Court and was sentenced to an 18 month community rehabilitation order.
He is expected to appear in Cairns Magistrates' Court on Nov.28.
The matter will remain to be dealt with by the magistrates' court.
Anyone caught without a licence faces a visit to a magistrates' court and a £1000 fine.
There is a program in New South Wales now to have liaison people at magistrates' courts to help defendants.
The IT programme will provide updated computer systems and equipment to magistrates' courts throughout England and Wales.
In 1878, the magistrates' courts were given jurisdiction to grant a separation order where a husband had been convicted of assault of his wife, and to order him to pay her maintenance.
The Appellant was not present in the Magistrates' Court when she was convicted.
Definition of magistrates' court in US English:
magistrates' court
noun
Law
(in England and Wales) a court presided over by a magistrate or magistrates that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
the case got as far as the magistrates' court
Westminster Magistrates' Court
Example sentencesExamples
In 1878, the magistrates' courts were given jurisdiction to grant a separation order where a husband had been convicted of assault of his wife, and to order him to pay her maintenance.
She pleaded guilty to the these offences at Stratford Magistrates' Court and was sentenced to an 18 month community rehabilitation order.
The IT programme will provide updated computer systems and equipment to magistrates' courts throughout England and Wales.
Anyone caught without a licence faces a visit to a magistrates' court and a £1000 fine.
There is a program in New South Wales now to have liaison people at magistrates' courts to help defendants.
Bills are before Parliament which would allow "paper committals," so that witnesses do not have to give lengthy testimony in the magistrates' courts.
He is expected to appear in Cairns Magistrates' Court on Nov.28.
The matter will remain to be dealt with by the magistrates' court.
The hearing at Bow Street Magistrates' Court is expected to last three days.
The Appellant was not present in the Magistrates' Court when she was convicted.