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
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.