criminal court

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Recent Examples of criminal court On December 19, 2024, after three months and 17 days, the criminal court found all 51 defendants guilty. Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025 In September, a French judge ordered Depardieu stand trial in a criminal court on charges of rape related to accusations by actress Charlotte Arnould. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025 Cases are flooding the courts, with hearings in DC’s local criminal court routinely lasting late into the night and federal prosecutors awakened for new cases. Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025 If so, he’s presumed innocent until proved otherwise, in a criminal court of law. Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for criminal court
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal court
Noun
  • The island is a self-governing state with its own legislature, judiciary, and fiscal system.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Disqualification motions against federal prosecutors are rare, and Currie’s appointment by 4th Circuit Chief Judge Albert Diaz indicates the judiciary’s intent to ensure neutrality and procedural integrity.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If the high court rules in the favor of the comptroller general who filed the suit, the port sale would be annulled.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The petition to the high court asks the justices to determine if firearm laws which that a minimum age of 21 violate the Second Amendment rights of 18-20 year olds, again noting the split between appeals courts on the issue.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In those states, litigants appeal directly to the state supreme court.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • As of Friday afternoon, a review of the case’s docket did not indicate that the department had appealed the case to the state supreme court.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 2016, an international arbitral tribunal rejected China's sweeping South China Sea claims in the waters but Chinese government has ignored the ruling since.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Most conflicts are decided by the tribunal of public opinion.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In South Korea, these were the press, judicature, and religious organizations.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes, 6 May 2021
Noun
  • Wuornos pawned Carskaddon's gun, per court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In a Wednesday afternoon ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted their request, meaning Bovino did not make an appearance in court Wednesday.
    Devan Cole, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gibson went before a judge in a bench trial.
    Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • When Grimes rose up over Tre Mann and completed the rally with his dagger three, Joel Embiid sprinted off the bench with a huge smile on his face, and the entire bench joined him.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Criminal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20court. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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