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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A mock court set up in violation of established legal procedure.
  2. n. A court characterized by dishonesty or incompetence.

Wiktionary

  1. n. idiomatic A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, abusive, or otherwise unjust.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an irregular unauthorized court

Etymologies

  1. First attested 1853 in a Texas context, possibly from the notion of proceeding by leaps or because the kangaroo's appearance defies nature. (Wiktionary)

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  1. judicature
  1. tribunal
  1. court

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  • sakhalinskii A court that involves a disproportionately high number of Australians. Jul 30, 2008

  • whichbe When people take the law into their own hands and form courts that are not legal. May 20, 2008

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