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NIGHT COURT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does night court mean?
• NIGHT COURT (noun)
The noun NIGHT COURT has 1 sense:
1. a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
Familiarity information: NIGHT COURT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("night court" is a kind of...):
criminal court (a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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