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FAMILY COURT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)
Synonyms:
court of domestic relations; domestic relations court; family court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("family court" is a kind of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)