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Mayor's Court

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The name of a court usually established in cities, composed of a mayor, recorder, and aldermen, generally having jurisdiction of offenses committed within the city, and of other matters specially given them by the statute.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A municipal court presided over by the mayor.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The name of a court usually established in cities, composed of a mayor, recorder, and aldermen, generally having Jurisdiction of offences committed within the city, and of other matters specially given them by the statute. There is a mayor’s court in London having civil Jurisdiction.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<A court established in some cities, in which the mayor sits with the powers of a police judge or committing miagistrate in respect to offenses committed within the city, and sometimes with civil jurisdiction in small causes, or other special statutury powers.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

is the name of a court usually established in cities, composed of a mayor, recorder and aldermen, generally having jurisdiction of offences committed within the city, and of other matters specially given them by statute.