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Definition of Night court
1. Noun. A criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Court
Literary usage of Night court
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"(/) Probation cases from the Women's night court of Manhattan and the Bronx Our
... Since the probation cases from the night court are the largest and most ..."
2. The Man in Court by Frederic De Witt Wells (1917)
"A night court TN the night court the drama is vital and * throbbing. ... The women
who are brought before the night court are not heroines, but the criminal ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"She says, my lord, about ten of the clock at night. Court. What month ? or, What
time of the month P Court. Pray, in what manner was it that they came into ..."
4. American Municipal Progress by Charles Zueblin, Helen Bernice Sweeny (1916)
"AMERICAN MUNICIPAL PROGRESS THE NEW YORK night court The night court was established
before the Chicago Morals Court and differs from the latter in its lack ..."
5. Annotated Consolidated Laws of the State of New York: As Amended to January by Clarence Frank Birdseye, Robert Cushing Cumming, Frank Bixby Gilbert, New York (State). (1915)
"Said night sessions or court shall be held in different buildings, and each night
court shall open at eight o'clock in the evening and shall not close ..."
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