Crown Court
noun [C, usually singular]Definition
› LAW in the UK, the court of law that is responsible for serious criminal cases: Crown Courts have power to deal with indictable offences, and also hear most appeals from magistrates' courts.
(Definition of Crown Court noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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