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Also known as: court of justice, court of law, law court, tribunal
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Brian P. Smentkowski
Associate Professor of Political Science, Queens University of Charlotte. Coauthor of Misreading the Bill of Rights.
Brian P. Smentkowski,
James L. Gibson
Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Coauthor of Civil Liberties and Nazis: The Skokie Free-Speech Controversy, Party Organizations and American...
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court, a person or body of persons having judicial authority to hear and resolve disputes in civil, criminal, ecclesiastical, or military cases. The word court, which originally meant simply an enclosed place, also denotes the chamber, hall, building, or other place where judicial proceedings are held. (See also military law; arbitration.) This article deals with the operations of the judicial branch of government. It explores some of the fundamental relationships of this branch with legislative and executive branches and analyzes the functions, structure and organization, and key personnel of courts, the judges. It also compares the systems of the two ...(100 of 11594 words)

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