Wiktionary
court appearance
n. An event in which a person who has been charged with a crime or named as a party to a lawsuit appears in court, either in person or through an attorney.
Usage examples of "court appearance".
Oscar had to get back for a nine o'clock court appearance on Monday.
Well, it had been the fortieth anniversary of Fred Timson's first Court appearance under my auspices.
Your court date will be such and such, or you can mail in your fine by such and such date and waive your right to a court appearance.
It is unlikely that any clothing you have brought will be adequate to a formal court appearance.
SANDY'S SECRETARY was clipping his photo and the story of yesterday's brief court appearance from the New Orleans paper when the call came.