municipal court
nounDefinition of municipal court
1
: a court that sits in some cities and larger towns and that usually has civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases arising within the municipality
2
: police court
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She was found guilty last summer in municipal court after her arrest in the 2:30 a.m. incident April 22, 2018. — Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, "Jury splits Waffle House verdict: Not guilty of disorderly conduct but guilty of resisting arrest," 23 Aug. 2019 Eviction case mushroomed into lawsuit with thousands of dollars at stake The Hamilton County case set for trial in October began as an eviction proceeding B.E.E. Holdings filed against Revolution Fitness in municipal court in July 2018. — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, "Judge: Doug Evans' fraud convictions relevant in unrelated trial," 22 Aug. 2019 Any member of the public who has business with the city – such as paying a municipal court fine, or meeting with another city department – were escorted into the building Monday morning. — Evan Macdonald, cleveland.com, "East Cleveland bars public from City Hall without an escort during jury selection for Cleveland supervisors’ trial," 15 July 2019 The report also found that the municipal court used ticketing and court fees to generate revenue. — Fortune, "5 Years After Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Racial Tensions Might Be More Intense," 9 Aug. 2019 The report also found that the municipal court used ticketing and court fees to generate revenue. — Jim Salter, chicagotribune.com, "Charlottesville, Kaepernick, Black Lives Matter and Trump: Look back at how race relations have unfolded 5 years after Ferguson," 8 Aug. 2019 The report also found that the municipal court used ticketing and court fees to generate revenue. — Washington Post, "Ferguson: 5 years later, racial tension lingers nationally," 8 Aug. 2019 Police arrested him Saturday on municipal court warrants, but the warrants were not identified in the report. — Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, "Man charged in wife’s death after leading police to her body," 31 July 2019 She is scheduled to appear in municipal court Aug. 27, according to a copy of the summons obtained after The Denver Post submitted an open records request through the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, "Aurora identifies woman cited in connection with flag removals during July ICE protest," 30 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'municipal court.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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