#tribunal__court__judicature  an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
  supertype:  #assembly  a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose
  instance:  #International_Court_of_Justice
  part:  #Bench
  member:  #jury
  subtype:  #appellate_court__appeals_court__appealscourt__court_of_appeals  a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
     subtype:  #circuit_court_of_appeals  one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'
  subtype:  #assizes__assize__court_of_assize__court_of_assize_and_nisi_prius  the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by crown courts)
  subtype:  #court_of_chancery__chancery  a court with jurisdiction in equity
  subtype:  #consistory  a church tribunal or governing body
  subtype:  #criminal_court  a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases
     subtype:  #night_court  a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
     subtype:  #Old_Bailey  the Central Criminal Court in London
  subtype:  #divorce_court__divorcecourt  a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts
  subtype:  #federal_court__federalcourt  a court establish by the authority of a federal government
     subtype:  #Supreme_Court  the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
  subtype:  #inferior_court__lower_court__lowercourt  any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court
  subtype:  #Inquisition  a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
     subtype:  #Spanish_Inquisition  the Inquisition that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries)
  subtype:  #juvenile_court  a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
  subtype:  #kangaroo_court  an irregular unauthorized court
  subtype:  #military_court  a court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel
     subtype:  #court-martial.military_court__courtmartial  a military court to try serious breaches of martial law
        subtype:  #drumhead_court-martial  a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action
        subtype:  #special_court-martial__specialcourtmartial  a court-martial to try soldiers for offences less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
     subtype:  #provost_court__provostcourt  a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area
  subtype:  #moot_court  a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases
  subtype:  #police_court  a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused serious offenses
  subtype:  #probate_court__probatecourt  a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
  subtype:  #quarter_sessions  a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions
  subtype:  #Rota  (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
  subtype:  #Star_Chamber  a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments
  subtype:  #superior_court  any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court
  subtype:  #state_supreme_court__statesupremecourt__supreme_court__supremecourt__high_court  the highest court in most states of the United States
  subtype:  #traffic_court__trafficcourt  a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offences
  subtype:  #trial_court__trialcourt  the first court before which the facts of a case are decided

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