#assembly a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose
supertype: #gathering__assemblage a group of persons together in one place
instance: #General_Assembly
subtype: #legislature__legislative_assembly__legislativeassembly__general_assembly__generalassembly__law-makers persons who make or amend or repeal laws
subtype: #senate assembly possessing high legislative powers
instance: #United_States_Senate__Senate
subtype: #house.legislature an official assembly having legislative powers; "the legislature has two houses"
instance: #House_of_Representatives #House_of_Commons #House_of_Lords #Dail_Eireann__Dail #Seanad_Eireann__Seanad
subtype: #legislative_council__legislativecouncil a unicameral legislature
subtype: #congress.legislature a national legislative assembly
subtype: #diet.legislature a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
subtype: #parliament a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)
instance: #Knesset__Knesseth #Oireachtas
instance: #United_States_Congress__Congress
subtype: #States_General assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries
instance: #Estates_General
subtype: #chapter.assembly an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
subtype: #chamber.assembly a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"
subtype: #Bench the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
subtype: #tribunal__court__judicature an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
subtype: #appellate_court__appeals_court__appealscourt__court_of_appeals a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
subtype: #circuit_court_of_appeals one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'
subtype: #assizes__assize__court_of_assize__court_of_assize_and_nisi_prius the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by crown courts)
subtype: #court_of_chancery__chancery a court with jurisdiction in equity
subtype: #consistory a church tribunal or governing body
subtype: #criminal_court a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases
subtype: #night_court a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
subtype: #Old_Bailey the Central Criminal Court in London
subtype: #divorce_court__divorcecourt a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts
subtype: #federal_court__federalcourt a court establish by the authority of a federal government
subtype: #Supreme_Court the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
subtype: #inferior_court__lower_court__lowercourt any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court
subtype: #Inquisition a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
subtype: #Spanish_Inquisition the Inquisition that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries)
subtype: #juvenile_court a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
subtype: #kangaroo_court an irregular unauthorized court
subtype: #military_court a court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel
subtype: #court-martial.military_court__courtmartial a military court to try serious breaches of martial law
subtype: #drumhead_court-martial a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action
subtype: #special_court-martial__specialcourtmartial a court-martial to try soldiers for offences less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
subtype: #provost_court__provostcourt a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area
subtype: #moot_court a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases
subtype: #police_court a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused serious offenses
subtype: #probate_court__probatecourt a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
subtype: #quarter_sessions a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions
subtype: #Rota (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
subtype: #Star_Chamber a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments
subtype: #superior_court any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court
subtype: #state_supreme_court__statesupremecourt__supreme_court__supremecourt__high_court the highest court in most states of the United States
subtype: #traffic_court__trafficcourt a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offences
subtype: #trial_court__trialcourt the first court before which the facts of a case are decided
instance: #International_Court_of_Justice__World_Court
subtype: #coven an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches
subtype: #sabbat__witches'_Sabbath a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy
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