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FAMILY COURT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family court mean? 

FAMILY COURT (noun)
  The noun FAMILY COURT has 1 sense:

1. a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)play

  Familiarity information: FAMILY COURT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY COURT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

court of domestic relations; domestic relations court; family court

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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