The Collaborative International Dictionary
Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr. ? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity, Polity.]
A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.
That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.
The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.
(Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.
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The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp as to cleanliness.
Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.
Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police.
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent.
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana.
--Bouvier.Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police court.
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction.
Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons.
WordNet
n. a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused serious offenses
Wikipedia
Police court may refer to:
- Police Court (film), a 1932 American film
- Police Court (France) (Tribunal de police), the lowest level of court in France
- Police Court (Belgium) (Politierechtbank / Tribunal de police), the lowest level of court in Belgium
- Magistrates' court (England and Wales), formerly known in larger towns as a police court, the lowest level of court in England and Wales
- The lowest level of court in many other common law jurisdictions
The Police Court in Belgium is a court which deals with minor offences and infractions, as well as traffic offences and deaths and injuries arising from traffic accidents. In civil cases, it has jurisdiction with regards to claims for compensation related to traffic accidents, irrespective of the amount of the compensation. Decisions of the Police Court can be appealed against to the Court of First Instance. The Police Court also has appellate jurisdiction with regards to the Municipal Administrative Sanctions that municipalities can use to punish certain minor offences since 2005.
Police Court is a 1932 American Monogram Pictures drama motion picture starring Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney, Lionel Belmore, and King Baggot. Directed by Louis King and produced by I. E. Chadwick, the screenplay was adapted by Stuart Anthony from his story. Police Court features an all-star cast from the silent film era.
Usage examples of "police court".
Every person exposing food or wares on sale in the markets on days other than those fixed by the municipal government will be prosecuted in the police court for obstructing a public thoroughfare.
Seldom would the London police court be so busy as it would, tomorrow.
When next morning Peace appeared before the magistrate at Greenwich Police Court he was not described by name--he had refused to give any--but as a half-caste about sixty years of age, of repellant aspect.
Often I thought he was not the equal of even a police court lawyer.
Finally Mr Constantine Paget produced a most reluctant Phyllis Styles of the ATS and put her in the box, and examined her on her sworn deposition in the police court, proving what had taken place outside the pub.
At ten o'clock at night on September 17th - the same day that the Ripper made his debut in what we know as his first letter - a man appeared at the district police court of Westminster.