Meanings
nouncourt of first instance (plural courts of first instance)
plural courts of first instance
- lawa court of law where legal proceedings are first heard.
Synonyms: trial court, tribunal of first instance
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna court of law where legal proceedings are first heard.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 原訟法庭 /原讼法庭
- 原訟法庭 /原讼法庭 (yuán sòng fǎtíng)court of law
Dutch rechtbank, rechtbank van eerste aanleg
- rechtbankcourt of law
- rechtbank van eerste aanlegcourt of law
- kantongerechtcourt of law
- gerecht in eerste aanlegcourt of law
Finnish ensimmäisen oikeusasteen tuomioistuin
- ensimmäisen oikeusasteen tuomioistuincourt of law
French tribunal de première instance
- tribunal de première instancecourt of law
Polish sąd pierwszej instancji
- sąd pierwszej instancjicourt of law
Russian суд пе́рвой инста́нции
- суд пе́рвой инста́нции (sud pérvoj instáncii)court of law
Swedish underrätt
- underrättcourt of law
Tagalog hukumang unang dulugan
- hukumang unang dulugancourt of law
Thai ศาลชั้นต้น
- ศาลชั้นต้น (sǎan-chán-dtôn)court of law
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Chicago
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