COURT OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does court of domestic relations mean? 

• COURT OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS (noun)
  The noun COURT OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS has 1 sense:

1. a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

  Familiarity information: COURT OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COURT OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

court of domestic relations; domestic relations court; family court

Hypernyms ("court of domestic relations" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)