FAMILY COURT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

Synonyms:

court of domestic relations; domestic relations court; family court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("family court" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)

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