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Court of Chancery
court of chancery
court of claims
Court of Common Pleas
court of common pleas
court of domestic relations
court of equity
Court of Exchequer
court of first instance
court of honor
court of inquiry
Court of Justiciary
court of law
court of record
Court of Saint James’s
Court of Session
court order
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court of first instance
court of first in·stance (plural courts of first in·stance)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. court where case starts: a court in which legal proceedings are started, in particular one attached to the European Court of Justice
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