criminal court
noun
: a court that has jurisdiction to try and punish offenders against criminal law
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The jury heard from 22 witnesses during about four weeks of testimony in Manhattan’s criminal court.
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
Earlier Friday, Trump was in a courtroom just a block from the Manhattan criminal court where Merchan presides.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
The threshold for SafeSport’s decisions is lower than that of criminal courts and many individuals who receive bans from the organization are never criminally charged.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 28 June 2024
The company also sued Lynch in U.S. criminal court, where he was found not guilty in June.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
Earlier Friday, Trump was in a courtroom just a block from the Manhattan criminal court where Merchan presides.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
The threshold for SafeSport’s decisions is lower than that of criminal courts and many individuals who receive bans from the organization are never criminally charged.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 28 June 2024
The company also sued Lynch in U.S. criminal court, where he was found not guilty in June.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Criminal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20court. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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