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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
small claims court
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And they took their case to the small claims court.
▪ Clarkson decided to go to the small claims court.
▪ The recommendations were intended to ensure that the small claims court would be well used, especially by people without legal representation.
▪ You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court.
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Small claims court

Small-claims courts have limited jurisdiction to hear civil cases between private litigants. Courts authorized to try small claims may also have other judicial functions, and go by different names in different jurisdictions. For example, it may be known as a county or magistrate's court. These courts can be found in Australia, Brazil, Canada, England and Wales, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Scotland, South Africa, Hong Kong, and the United States.

Usage examples of "small claims court".

She's already got them handling her pretrial hearing on this assault case, even had the firm representing her in small claims court over a hundred seventy two dollars she owes some shoe repair place.

Given my signature on the lease, he might well take me to small claims court.