How to Use court of law in a Sentence

court of law

noun phrase
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  • Such as the state’s 400 miles of coastline — or maybe a court of law.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • But this is the first time anyone has done so in a court of law.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The lawsuit has pushed that fight into a new arena: the court of law.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • This is why people should not need to beg for healthcare in a court of law.
    — Joe Ruiz, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But that argument might not hold much weight in a court of law.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • If it were called into question in a court of law, the lawyers agreed this portion of the bill wouldn’t pass the smell test.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Is the president prepared to say that under oath in a court of law?
    — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Being Black means your imagination can be used against you in a court of law.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Artists all over the country are having to consider whether their lyrics could ever be used against them in a court of law.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • It’s got to be demonstrable facts that can be laid out with evidence, because that’s what a court of law is gonna look to.
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Legal emulation or no, Yuzu may not want to risk finding out in a court of law.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2024
  • When charged, criminal defendants have the chance to defend themselves in a court of law.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • It’s well documented that Trump said and did things that would get anybody else convicted in a court of law.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In neither case have the leaders responsible ever been held to account in a court of law.
    — John Waterbury, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Girl, this is a court of law, not a philosophical discussion.
    — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Zack Goytowski has taken to himself to the court of law Instagram to clear his name.
    — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Naturally, Trump should receive the same due process and legal rights as everyone else in a court of law.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
  • His public comments could ultimately be used against him in a court of law, but to him that hardly seems like a reason to stay silent.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • In its 47 years in business, no contract arranged by The Albert Company has been involved in a trial in a court of law.
    — Debbi Compton, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward - under oath - and prove anything in a court of law.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Unsurprisingly, the bans aren’t weathering their challenges well in the court of law.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Having received due process in a court of law, these people are nothing more than criminals.
    — For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
  • However, that was a misdemeanor charge that was never tried in a court of law, while Trump was convicted by a jury on felony charges.
    — Nik Popli, TIME, 3 June 2024
  • Now, after more than two decades of back and forth, the disagreement is finally nearing a resolution in a court of law.
    — Jacob Judah, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The document asks both federal and state legislators to adopt bills that limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence in a court of law.
    — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • Opponents said political protests won't mean anything in courts of law, and Trump could be looking at trials in three of them.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Judges and magistrates Judges administer justice in a court of law.
    — Brianna Herlihy, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And then secondly, there is the adjudication through a court of law for someone who poses a risk to themselves or to others.
    — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Inamdar says the cases filed against Muslims over social media posts are unlikely to succeed in a court of law.
    — Parth M.n., WIRED, 17 July 2023
  • Any court of law would acknowledge her argument as airtight.
    — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022

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