small claims court
noun [C or U]Definition
› a law court that deals with claims for small amounts of money, especially from people who believe that they have had money taken from them unfairly by a businessLaw courts
(Definition of small claims court noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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