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territorial court

noun

Definition of territorial court

: a court in a U.S. territory that has jurisdiction over local and federal cases

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 In May 2015 a territorial court judge banned the two men from hunting in the Yukon for five years. — National Geographic, "In the Alaska-Yukon wilderness, wildlife crime fighters face a daunting task," 25 June 2019 Many offshore lenders like Finance of America file foreclosure lawsuits in federal court in San Juan, where proceedings move much faster than in the island’s territorial courts. — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, "The Next Crisis for Puerto Rico: A Crush of Foreclosures," 16 Dec. 2017

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First Known Use of territorial court

1846, in the meaning defined above

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