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crown court

noun

Definition of crown court

: a court in England and Wales that exercises jurisdiction over matters formerly heard by the quarter sessions and criminal matters formerly heard by the courts of assize

Examples of crown court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 The rest go to crown courts, where salaried judges alone have the right to sentence defendants to more than a year behind bars. — The Economist, "Britain’s magistrates are in a funk. The time is right for reform," 22 June 2019 Bramhall admitted the assaults in a hearing in Birmingham crown court on Wednesday, according to several news outlets. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "SB WUZ HERE: Surgeon pleads guilty to burning initials into patients’ organs," 13 Dec. 2017

First Known Use of crown court

1827, in the meaning defined above

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