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• Small claims court — For the Australian series of television movies, see Small Claims (telemovie). Small claims courts have limited jurisdiction to hear civil cases between private litigants. Courts authorized to try small claims may also have other judicial… …   Wikipedia

• small claims court — n: a special court intended to simplify and expedite the resolution of minor disputes involving small claims Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. small claims court …   Law dictionary

• small claims court — UK US noun [countable] [singular small claims court plural small claims courts] legal a law court in which people try to get back small amounts of money that they think other people or businesses owe them Thesaurus …   Useful english dictionary

• small claims court — n a type of court of law dealing with cases in which one person has a small claim against another person or a company. This is usually less than £5 000 in Britain and $10 000 in the US. It is much cheaper to use small claims courts than any other …   Universalium

• Court of Cassation (France) — France This article is part of the series: Politics and government of France …   Wikipedia

• court — / kōrt/ n [Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue] 1 a: an official assembly for the administration of justice: a unit of the judicial branch of government the… …   Law dictionary

• small claim — n: a claim for the recovery of money or property whose value is below a certain amount Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. small claim …   Law dictionary

• Court of Claims — 1 often cap both Cs: a court (as in Illinois, Michigan, New York, and West Virginia) that has jurisdiction primarily over cases involving claims against the state 2 cap: a former court succeeded by the United States Claims Court see also united… …   Law dictionary

• court costs — The fees charged for the use of a court, including the initial filing fee, fees for serving the summons, complaint, and other court papers, fees to pay a court reporter to transcribe depositions (pretrial interviews of witnesses) and in court… …   Law dictionary

• Court-martial — redirects here. For other uses, see Court Martial (disambiguation). The field court martial of the Finnish 15th Brigade in July 1944 A court martial (plural courts martial, as martial is postpositive) is a military court. A court martial is… …   Wikipedia

• court calendar — A list of the cases and hearings that will be held by a court on a particular day, week, or month. Because the length of time it will take to conduct a particular hearing or trial is at best a guess and many courts have a number of judges,… …   Law dictionary